Maternal deaths are increasingly linked to suicide. Around 90 women die annually from a cause linked to pregnancy or childbirth, one every four days on average.
In the 42 days alone after the end of pregnancy - the reference period for international comparisons - 197 deaths occurred. Strong territorial and socio-demographic inequalities persist in the risk of maternal death. For migrant women, mortality is on average twice that of native French women. And socially vulnerable women are 1.5 times more represented among maternal deaths.