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Definitions of indicators (continued) Indicator Low birthweight

Numerator

Denominator

Low birthweight Percentage of live births that weighed incidence less than 2,500 grams at birth

Definition

Number of last live births in the X years prior to the survey weighing below 2,500 grams at birth

Total number of last live births during the same period

Children not Percentage of live births that were weighed at birth not weighed at birth

Number of last live births in the X years prior to the survey who were not weighed at birth

Total number of last live births during the same period

Maternal nutrition and health Maternal mortality

Maternal mortality ratio (adjusted), Inter-agency adjusted estimates

Number of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births, adjusted for underreporting and misclassification of maternal deaths

Maternal mortality ratio (reported), National authority estimates

Number of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births

Total number of Total deaths of women while pregnant maternal deaths or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes

Nutrition

Lifetime risk of maternal death

Lifetime risk of maternal death takes into account both the probability of becoming pregnant and the probability of dying as a result of that pregnancy accumulated across a woman’s reproductive years

Body mass index (BMI), female

Percentage of women 15–49 years old* Number of women* 15–49 years old with a body mass index (BMI) of: with a BMI a) <18.5 kg/m2; b) >25 kg/m2 a) less than 18.5 kg/m2 (low), or * Excludes pregnant women and b) greater than 25 kg/m2 (high) women who gave birth in the *Age range may vary by country two months prior to the survey

Anaemia among Percentage of non-pregnant women non-pregnant 15–49 years old* with haemoglobin women concentration <120 g/L

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* Excludes pregnant women and women who gave birth in the two months prior to the survey

Number of non-pregnant women 15–49 years old who had a haemoglobin concentration <120 g/L

Total number of non-pregnant women 15–49 years old

Number of pregnant women 15–49 years old who had a haemoglobin concentration <110 g/L

Total number of pregnant women 15–49 years old

* Age range and marital status may vary by country Anaemia among Percentage of pregnant women* with pregnant haemoglobin concentration <110 g/L women * Age range and marital status may vary by country

Total number of women 15–49 years old


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