Euro area - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Euro area was 180.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 250.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 170.00 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 250.00
2001 240.00
2002 240.00
2003 240.00
2004 230.00
2005 230.00
2006 220.00
2007 220.00
2008 220.00
2009 210.00
2010 210.00
2011 200.00
2012 190.00
2013 190.00
2014 180.00
2015 180.00
2016 170.00
2017 180.00

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 Euro area was 12,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,400 in 2016 and a minimum value of 9,000 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 9,000
2001 9,300
2002 9,500
2003 9,600
2004 10,000
2005 10,100
2006 10,400
2007 10,500
2008 10,500
2009 10,500
2010 10,900
2011 11,000
2012 11,500
2013 11,700
2014 12,100
2015 12,200
2016 12,400
2017 12,000

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Euro area was 0.008 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.011 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.008 in 2016.

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 0.011
2001 0.011
2002 0.011
2003 0.010
2004 0.010
2005 0.010
2006 0.010
2007 0.010
2008 0.010
2009 0.010
2010 0.009
2011 0.009
2012 0.009
2013 0.009
2014 0.008
2015 0.008
2016 0.008
2017 0.008

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health