IDA total - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in IDA total was 225,000 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 292,000 in 2000, while its lowest value was 225,000 in 2017.

Definition: A maternal death refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes.

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019

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Year Value
2000 292,000
2001 290,000
2002 289,000
2003 285,000
2004 279,000
2005 271,000
2006 263,000
2007 257,000
2008 253,000
2009 250,000
2010 246,000
2011 242,000
2012 239,000
2013 236,000
2014 234,000
2015 230,000
2016 227,000
2017 225,000

Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)

The value for Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) in IDA total was 53.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 53.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 27.00 in 2000.

Definition: Life time risk of maternal death is the probability that a 15-year-old female will die eventually from a maternal cause assuming that current levels of fertility and mortality (including maternal mortality) do not change in the future, taking into account competing causes of death.

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019

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Year Value
2000 27.00
2001 28.00
2002 29.00
2003 30.00
2004 31.00
2005 33.00
2006 35.00
2007 37.00
2008 38.00
2009 39.00
2010 41.00
2011 43.00
2012 44.00
2013 46.00
2014 47.00
2015 49.00
2016 51.00
2017 53.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in IDA total was 1.89 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 3.73 in 2000, while its lowest value was 1.89 in 2017.

Definition: Life time risk of maternal death is the probability that a 15-year-old female will die eventually from a maternal cause assuming that current levels of fertility and mortality (including maternal mortality) do not change in the future, taking into account competing causes of death.

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019

See also:

Year Value
2000 3.73
2001 3.59
2002 3.48
2003 3.35
2004 3.19
2005 3.02
2006 2.87
2007 2.74
2008 2.63
2009 2.54
2010 2.44
2011 2.35
2012 2.27
2013 2.19
2014 2.12
2015 2.04
2016 1.96
2017 1.89

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health