Dem. Rep. Congo - 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 Dem. Rep. Congo was 473.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 760.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 473.00 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 760.00
2001 740.00
2002 734.00
2003 699.00
2004 661.00
2005 627.00
2006 598.00
2007 578.00
2008 565.00
2009 555.00
2010 542.00
2011 532.00
2012 524.00
2013 514.00
2014 500.00
2015 490.00
2016 481.00
2017 473.00

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

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
2007 445.00
2014 740.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health