While childbearing imposes risks for women regardless of where they live, women living in poor countries are 300 times more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth, according to a new UNICEF report. For example, the lifetime risk of maternal death for a woman is one in seven in Niger, while only one in 47,600 in far-more-prosperous Iceland, the researchers noted. Common causes of death include post-partum hemorrhage, infections, abortion complications and eclampsia. Article