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Brazil’s Maternal Mortality Ratio May Be Substantially Higher Than Official Reports Because of Death Certificate Coding Errors
By MedXY|Jun 10, 2026
A national Brazilian analysis found 3,480 maternal deaths were missed by official coding from 2010 to 2021, raising the median maternal mortality ratio from 58.2 to 67.5 per 100,000 live births.