I dug up some numbers which support what you're saying:

https://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=2223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1633559/figure/... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1633559/

It looks like about 1% of pregnancies ended in death historically, and that matches what's happening in the places with the worst healthcare today.

With good healthcare, the risk nearly vanishes.