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Maternal mortality rate refers to the number of maternal deaths for every .

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one lakh births

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one lakh live births

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five lakh births

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five lakh live births

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The correct option is B one lakh live births
An important goal of a country is to concentrate on the reproductive health of women and to reduce the mortality rates of mothers. Maternal mortality rate helps to measure the state of reproductive health of women.

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