In order to assess whether and how armed conflict intensity impacts maternal deaths , we link the survey data from Demographic Health Surveys ( DHS ) with conflict data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program 's ( UCDP ) Georeferenced Event Dataset ( GED ) ( Sundberg and Melander , 2013 ) . The UCDP - GED includes information on the location of conflict events , as well as the number of deaths caused by each event . Events are included for all conflicts for dyads and actors that have crossed the 25 deaths threshold in any year of the UCDP annual data .