New Zealand - 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 New Zealand was 9.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.00 in 2003 and a minimum value of 9.00 in 2013.

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 12.00
2001 11.00
2002 12.00
2003 12.00
2004 11.00
2005 11.00
2006 11.00
2007 11.00
2008 10.00
2009 11.00
2010 11.00
2011 10.00
2012 10.00
2013 9.00
2014 10.00
2015 10.00
2016 10.00
2017 9.00

Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in New Zealand was 10.00 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21.00 in 1993 and a minimum value of 3.00 in 1995.

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
1985 13.00
1986 19.00
1987 13.00
1988 18.00
1989 11.00
1990 7.00
1991 16.00
1992 9.00
1993 21.00
1994 7.00
1995 3.00
1996 7.00
1997 5.00
1998 5.00
1999 7.00
2000 9.00
2001 5.00
2002 14.00
2003 7.00
2004 7.00
2005 8.00
2007 13.00
2008 14.00
2009 8.00
2010 17.00
2011 8.00
2012 11.00
2013 11.00
2014 13.00
2015 3.00
2016 10.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health