Kenya - 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 Kenya was 342.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 708.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 342.00 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 708.00
2001 702.00
2002 692.00
2003 678.00
2004 653.00
2005 618.00
2006 583.00
2007 545.00
2008 513.00
2009 472.00
2010 432.00
2011 398.00
2012 373.00
2013 364.00
2014 358.00
2015 353.00
2016 346.00
2017 342.00

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
1998 888.00
2003 557.00
2009 724.00
2014 377.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health