Thailand - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Thailand was 270.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 390.00 in 2004, while its lowest value was 270.00 in 2016.

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 390.00
2001 390.00
2002 380.00
2003 380.00
2004 390.00
2005 360.00
2006 350.00
2007 350.00
2008 350.00
2009 340.00
2010 330.00
2011 320.00
2012 300.00
2013 300.00
2014 290.00
2015 280.00
2016 270.00
2017 270.00

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 Thailand was 1,900 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,900 in 2017 and a minimum value of 1,400 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 1,400
2001 1,400
2002 1,400
2003 1,400
2004 1,400
2005 1,500
2006 1,600
2007 1,600
2008 1,600
2009 1,600
2010 1,700
2011 1,700
2012 1,800
2013 1,800
2014 1,800
2015 1,900
2016 1,900
2017 1,900

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Thailand was 0.052 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.072 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.052 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 0.072
2001 0.071
2002 0.070
2003 0.069
2004 0.070
2005 0.066
2006 0.063
2007 0.063
2008 0.063
2009 0.062
2010 0.060
2011 0.058
2012 0.056
2013 0.055
2014 0.054
2015 0.054
2016 0.053
2017 0.052

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health