Low income - Maternal mortality ratio

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Low income was 460.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 854.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 460.00 in 2017.

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).

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 854.00
2001 826.00
2002 805.00
2003 779.00
2004 746.00
2005 708.00
2006 676.00
2007 645.00
2008 620.00
2009 598.00
2010 575.00
2011 554.00
2012 537.00
2013 521.00
2014 508.00
2015 489.00
2016 474.00
2017 460.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health