Lower middle income - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Lower middle income was 179,000 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 285,000 in 2000, while its lowest value was 179,000 in 2017.

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 285,000
2001 279,000
2002 273,000
2003 266,000
2004 258,000
2005 248,000
2006 239,000
2007 230,000
2008 224,000
2009 217,000
2010 211,000
2011 204,000
2012 199,000
2013 194,000
2014 190,000
2015 186,000
2016 181,000
2017 179,000

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 Lower middle income was 140.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 140.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 64.00 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

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Year Value
2000 64.00
2001 67.00
2002 70.00
2003 73.00
2004 77.00
2005 82.00
2006 86.00
2007 91.00
2008 95.00
2009 100.00
2010 100.00
2011 110.00
2012 110.00
2013 120.00
2014 120.00
2015 130.00
2016 130.00
2017 140.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Lower middle income was 0.74 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 1.56 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.74 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 1.56
2001 1.49
2002 1.43
2003 1.36
2004 1.30
2005 1.22
2006 1.16
2007 1.10
2008 1.05
2009 1.00
2010 0.96
2011 0.92
2012 0.88
2013 0.85
2014 0.81
2015 0.79
2016 0.76
2017 0.74

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health