Mothers and Children at Risk: A Quiz




1. Fill in the blanks: In Sweden, one out of every _____ women dies from pregnancy during her lifetime. In Nigeria, one out of every ____ women dies from pregnancy-related causes.

2. How many women die every day of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth? How many every year? How many over a generation?

3. How many pregnant women in developing countries have adequate prenatal care?

4. How many children become vulnerable every year because their mothers have died?

5. How many children die every hour from readily preventable causes? How many per day? How many per year?

6. How many children cannot go to primary school because of poverty?

Answer Key

1. In Sweden, one out of every 17,400 women dies from pregnancy during her lifetime. In Nigeria, one out of every 7 women dies from pregnancy-related causes.

2. Every day, 1,500 women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth of pregnancy. This adds up to 500,000 women per year; and 10 million women over a generation.

3. Fewer than half of pregnant women in developing countries have adequate prenatal care.

4. Every year, more than one million children become vulnerable due to maternal death.

5. Every hour, more than 1,000 children die from readily preventable causes.
That’s 25,000 children every day, or nearly 10 million children every year.

6. Poverty keeps 93 million children out of primary schools.


For more on the big picture (global and regional summaries), the work in progress, and take action ideas, see our ABCs for Action and Advocacy: Child Survival, Education for Girls, and Maternal and Child Health.
An initiative supported by:
Arigatou International