Lithuania - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Lithuania was 2.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 5.00 in 2001, while its lowest value was 2.00 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 5.00
2001 5.00
2002 4.00
2003 4.00
2004 4.00
2005 4.00
2006 4.00
2007 4.00
2008 4.00
2009 3.00
2010 3.00
2011 3.00
2012 3.00
2013 3.00
2014 3.00
2015 3.00
2016 3.00
2017 2.00

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 Lithuania was 7,500 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,500 in 2017 and a minimum value of 4,700 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 4,700
2001 4,900
2002 5,700
2003 5,700
2004 6,500
2005 6,000
2006 5,700
2007 5,500
2008 5,900
2009 6,700
2010 7,100
2011 6,800
2012 6,900
2013 6,800
2014 7,500
2015 7,000
2016 7,400
2017 7,500

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Lithuania was 0.013 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.021 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.013 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 0.021
2001 0.021
2002 0.018
2003 0.018
2004 0.015
2005 0.017
2006 0.018
2007 0.018
2008 0.017
2009 0.015
2010 0.014
2011 0.015
2012 0.014
2013 0.015
2014 0.013
2015 0.014
2016 0.013
2017 0.013

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health