MWITA-WH-2026-037 · Evidence A · P1
China's official women's-development monitoring report gives a 2023 maternal mortality ratio of 15.1 per 100,000 overall, 17.0 in rural areas and 12.5 in urban areas.
What this does not establish
The rural-urban gap does not identify causes or local quality of care.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
Administrative definitions and provincial variation are not resolved by the national aggregate.
What would change the reading
Later national monitoring with comparable definitions.
Primary routes
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