India - 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 India was 145.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 370.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 145.00 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 370.00
2001 354.00
2002 336.00
2003 319.00
2004 303.00
2005 286.00
2006 270.00
2007 255.00
2008 240.00
2009 225.00
2010 210.00
2011 197.00
2012 185.00
2013 175.00
2014 166.00
2015 158.00
2016 150.00
2017 145.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in India was 143.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 594.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 143.00 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.

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

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Year Value
1993 481.00
1999 438.00
2000 594.00
2002 360.00
2004 331.00
2007 279.00
2010 233.00
2013 196.00
2014 184.00
2017 143.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health