As of just 54 days into 2022, 45,318 women have lost their lives giving birth.

Worldometer, a real-time global statistics platform, made this revelation on population, politics and economy, media and society, the environment, food, water, energy, and health.

Worldometer is a multinational team of researchers, technologists, and volunteers whose mission is to provide a global audience with access to world data in an engaging and timely fashion.

Over 442 moms have died giving birth since the commencement of this day alone, according to the reference page.

According to the World Health Organization, difficulties during and after pregnancy and childbirth are the main cause of death for women.

Although the majority of these issues arise during pregnancy, the majority can be avoided or treated, according to the WHO.

Pregnancy exacerbates any pre-existing issues, particularly if they are not addressed as part of the woman’s treatment. Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, high blood pressure during pregnancy, complications from delivery, unsafe abortion, severe bleeding (typically after childbirth), infections, and high blood pressure during pregnancy contribute for about seventy-five percent of all maternal deaths.

According to the WHO, “the remainder are caused by or associated with chronic conditions like cardiac diseases or diabetes or by infections like malaria.”

According to the global health body, disparities in access to high-quality healthcare and the wealth disparity are reflected in the high rate of maternal fatalities in some parts of the world. In 2017, the rate of maternal death in low-income countries was 462 per 100,000 live births, while in high-income nations it was 11 per 100,000 live births.

As fragile states, 15 countries—South Sudan, Somalia, Central African Republic, Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, and Ethiopia—were rated as “very high alert” or “high alert” in 2017 by the Fragile States Index. The MMRs of these 15 countries ranged from 31 (Syria) to 1150 (South Sudan).

Adolescent girls under the age of 15 had the highest risk of maternal death, while problems during pregnancy and childbirth are more common among adolescent girls aged 10-19 (compared to women aged 20-24).

“Pregnant women in less developed nations are more likely to die during their lives from pregnancy and have an average of many more pregnancies than women in developed nations. The likelihood that a 15-year-old woman will eventually pass away from a maternal cause is known as the lifetime risk of maternal death. According to the WHO, this is one in 45 in low-income nations and one in 5400 in high-income countries.