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Table 72  (Pop.,  Death)
Maternal Mortality (1937-1996)
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Year Maternal Mortality 
/1,000 Live Births
1937 20.0
1938 20.0
1939 18.0
1940 16.0
1941 15.0
1942 14.0
1943 13.0
1944 14.0
1945 17.0
1946 16.0
1947 11.0
1948 8.0
1949 7.0
1950 5.6
1951 5.8
1952 5.8
1953 4.9
1954 4.6
1955 4.1
1956 3.8
1957 3.7
1958 3.9
1959 3.4
1960 3.0
1961 2.6
1962 3.0
1963 2.4
1964 2.8
1965 2.4
1966 2.2
1967 1.7
1968 1.8
1969 1.5
1970 1.3
1971 1.4
1972 1.3
1973 1.2
1974 1.9
1975 1.0
1976 0.9
1977 1.0
1978 0.8
1979 0.8
1980 0.6
1981 0.6
1982 0.6
1983 0.6
1984 0.4
1985 0.5
1986 0.5
1987 0.4
1988 0.4
1989 0.3
1990 0.4
1991 0.4
1992 0.3
1993 0.3
1994 0.2
1995 0.2
1996 0.2
© ‚Q‚O‚O‚WC KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
Department of Health, Sri Lanka.
Revised:  200‚W(y)/‚O‚V(m)/‚R1(d)
Chief Editor:   
   Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D)  
   The Head, Department of Management Studies
   University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.