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mortality rate, maternal

The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number of live births _ foetal deaths) in that year. The maternal mortality rate in the united states in 1993 (and 1994) was 0.1 per 1,000 live births, or 1 mother dying per 10,000 live births.