Mali - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Mali was 4,400 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 4,900 in 2013, while its lowest value was 4,300 in 2003.

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 4,500
2001 4,400
2002 4,400
2003 4,300
2004 4,300
2005 4,300
2006 4,300
2007 4,300
2008 4,400
2009 4,500
2010 4,600
2011 4,700
2012 4,800
2013 4,900
2014 4,800
2015 4,700
2016 4,500
2017 4,400

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 Mali was 29.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 17.00 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 17.00
2001 18.00
2002 19.00
2003 19.00
2004 20.00
2005 21.00
2006 21.00
2007 22.00
2008 22.00
2009 22.00
2010 22.00
2011 23.00
2012 23.00
2013 23.00
2014 24.00
2015 25.00
2016 27.00
2017 29.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Mali was 3.49 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 5.81 in 2000, while its lowest value was 3.49 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 5.81
2001 5.56
2002 5.34
2003 5.17
2004 5.01
2005 4.84
2006 4.72
2007 4.62
2008 4.57
2009 4.52
2010 4.46
2011 4.44
2012 4.39
2013 4.33
2014 4.14
2015 3.95
2016 3.71
2017 3.49

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health