Middle income - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Middle income was 193,000 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 308,000 in 2000, while its lowest value was 193,000 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 308,000
2001 302,000
2002 294,000
2003 287,000
2004 279,000
2005 269,000
2006 259,000
2007 250,000
2008 243,000
2009 235,000
2010 228,000
2011 221,000
2012 215,000
2013 210,000
2014 205,000
2015 201,000
2016 196,000
2017 193,000

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 Middle income was 220.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 220.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 120.00 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 120.00
2001 120.00
2002 130.00
2003 130.00
2004 140.00
2005 140.00
2006 150.00
2007 160.00
2008 170.00
2009 170.00
2010 180.00
2011 190.00
2012 190.00
2013 200.00
2014 210.00
2015 210.00
2016 220.00
2017 220.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Middle income was 0.450 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.858 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.450 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 0.858
2001 0.827
2002 0.794
2003 0.762
2004 0.728
2005 0.692
2006 0.659
2007 0.629
2008 0.604
2009 0.581
2010 0.558
2011 0.536
2012 0.518
2013 0.501
2014 0.487
2015 0.474
2016 0.460
2017 0.450

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health