Maternal mortality rate in Argentina by death cause 2021

In 2021, it was estimated that the maternal mortality rate as a result of abortion in Argentina amounted to 0.25 deaths per 10,000 live births. Meanwhile, hypertension, edema, or proteinuria caused around 0.6 deaths per 10,000 live births in the South American country that year. As of that date, viral infections related to pregnancy were the leading cause of maternal death in Argentina, most of them related to COVID-19.

Number of maternal deaths in Argentina in 2021, by cause of death (per 10,000 live births)

Characteristic	Abortion	Direct obstetric causes	Indirect obstetric causes
Abortion	0.25	-	-
Hypertension, edema or proteinuria	-	0.64	-
Sepsis, other infections and complications related to puerperium	-	0.49	-
Postpartum hemorrhage	-	0.38	-
Placenta praevia, placental abruption or antepartum hemorrhage	-	0.09	-
Obstetric death of unspecified cause	-	0.08	-
Other direct obstetric causes	-	0.34	-
Cardiovascular disease	-	-	0.28
Respiratory disease	-	-	0.13
Digestive disease	-	-	0.08
VIH/AIDS	-	-	0
Other viral infections related to pregnancy*	-	-	4.3
Other indirect obstetric causes	-	-	0.36

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June 2023

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Argentina

Survey time period

2021

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* There were 220 maternal deaths reported related to COVID-19.
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