Brazil - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Brazil was 1,700 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 2,400 in 2000, while its lowest value was 1,700 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 2,400
2001 2,300
2002 2,300
2003 2,300
2004 2,300
2005 2,300
2006 2,300
2007 2,200
2008 2,100
2009 2,100
2010 1,900
2011 1,800
2012 1,800
2013 1,800
2014 1,800
2015 1,900
2016 1,800
2017 1,700

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 Brazil was 940.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 940.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 580.00 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 580.00
2001 610.00
2002 620.00
2003 630.00
2004 640.00
2005 660.00
2006 670.00
2007 700.00
2008 720.00
2009 750.00
2010 820.00
2011 870.00
2012 900.00
2013 890.00
2014 880.00
2015 870.00
2016 900.00
2017 940.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Brazil was 0.106 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.173 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.106 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 0.173
2001 0.164
2002 0.161
2003 0.158
2004 0.156
2005 0.151
2006 0.148
2007 0.144
2008 0.138
2009 0.133
2010 0.123
2011 0.115
2012 0.111
2013 0.112
2014 0.113
2015 0.115
2016 0.112
2017 0.106

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health