Jordan - 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 Jordan was 46.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 70.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 46.00 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 70.00
2001 68.00
2002 65.00
2003 63.00
2004 62.00
2005 62.00
2006 58.00
2007 56.00
2008 55.00
2009 54.00
2010 53.00
2011 52.00
2012 52.00
2013 51.00
2014 49.00
2015 48.00
2016 47.00
2017 46.00

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
1996 104.00
2009 49.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health