Micronesia - 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 Micronesia was 88.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 163.00 in 2002 and a minimum value of 88.00 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 154.00
2001 150.00
2002 163.00
2003 141.00
2004 137.00
2005 133.00
2006 128.00
2007 123.00
2008 118.00
2009 114.00
2010 110.00
2011 106.00
2012 103.00
2013 99.00
2014 96.00
2015 95.00
2016 90.00
2017 88.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health