Bangladesh - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Bangladesh was 5,100 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 15,000 in 2001, while its lowest value was 5,100 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 15,000
2001 15,000
2002 14,000
2003 14,000
2004 13,000
2005 11,000
2006 10,000
2007 9,600
2008 9,000
2009 8,500
2010 8,100
2011 7,700
2012 7,300
2013 6,900
2014 6,500
2015 6,000
2016 5,500
2017 5,100

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 Bangladesh was 250.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 250.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 61.00 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 61.00
2001 65.00
2002 70.00
2003 75.00
2004 83.00
2005 93.00
2006 110.00
2007 120.00
2008 130.00
2009 140.00
2010 150.00
2011 160.00
2012 170.00
2013 180.00
2014 190.00
2015 210.00
2016 230.00
2017 250.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Bangladesh was 0.39 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 1.64 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.39 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 1.64
2001 1.54
2002 1.44
2003 1.33
2004 1.21
2005 1.07
2006 0.95
2007 0.87
2008 0.79
2009 0.73
2010 0.68
2011 0.64
2012 0.60
2013 0.56
2014 0.52
2015 0.47
2016 0.43
2017 0.39

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health