Brazil - 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 Brazil was 60.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.00 in 2006 and a minimum value of 60.00 in 2012.

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 69.00
2001 68.00
2002 69.00
2003 70.00
2004 71.00
2005 71.00
2006 72.00
2007 71.00
2008 70.00
2009 69.00
2010 65.00
2011 61.00
2012 60.00
2013 61.00
2014 62.00
2015 63.00
2016 62.00
2017 60.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Brazil was 59.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 193.00 in 1996 and a minimum value of 41.00 in 1991.

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.

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
1985 48.00
1986 47.00
1987 50.00
1988 46.00
1989 44.00
1990 44.00
1991 41.00
1992 41.00
1993 44.00
1994 45.00
1995 44.00
1996 193.00
1997 101.00
1998 109.00
1999 113.00
2000 98.00
2001 67.00
2002 72.00
2003 77.00
2004 74.00
2005 78.00
2006 71.00
2007 79.00
2008 78.00
2009 72.00
2010 69.00
2011 66.00
2012 60.00
2013 58.00
2014 61.00
2015 64.00
2016 63.00
2017 62.00
2018 59.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health