Nicaragua - 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 Nicaragua was 98.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 162.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 98.00 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 162.00
2001 157.00
2002 151.00
2003 145.00
2004 138.00
2005 131.00
2006 124.00
2007 121.00
2008 116.00
2009 113.00
2010 112.00
2011 110.00
2012 108.00
2013 105.00
2014 103.00
2015 101.00
2016 100.00
2017 98.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Nicaragua was 34.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 136.00 in 2005 and a minimum value of 34.00 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.

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
2005 136.00
2012 51.00
2013 52.00
2014 38.00
2015 42.00
2016 37.00
2017 34.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health