IDA blend - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in IDA blend was 89,000 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 98,000 in 2003, while its lowest value was 89,000 in 2013.

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

See also:

Year Value
2000 97,000
2001 97,000
2002 98,000
2003 98,000
2004 96,000
2005 95,000
2006 92,000
2007 91,000
2008 90,000
2009 90,000
2010 90,000
2011 90,000
2012 90,000
2013 89,000
2014 89,000
2015 89,000
2016 89,000
2017 89,000

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 IDA blend was 45.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 27.00 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

See also:

Year Value
2000 27.00
2001 28.00
2002 28.00
2003 29.00
2004 30.00
2005 32.00
2006 33.00
2007 35.00
2008 36.00
2009 37.00
2010 38.00
2011 39.00
2012 39.00
2013 40.00
2014 41.00
2015 43.00
2016 44.00
2017 45.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in IDA blend was 2.24 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 3.70 in 2000, while its lowest value was 2.24 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 3.70
2001 3.62
2002 3.54
2003 3.44
2004 3.30
2005 3.15
2006 3.00
2007 2.88
2008 2.81
2009 2.74
2010 2.66
2011 2.60
2012 2.53
2013 2.47
2014 2.42
2015 2.35
2016 2.29
2017 2.24

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health