Norway - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Norway was 1.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 3.00 in 2007, while its lowest value was 1.00 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 3.00
2001 3.00
2002 3.00
2003 3.00
2004 3.00
2005 3.00
2006 3.00
2007 3.00
2008 2.00
2009 2.00
2010 2.00
2011 2.00
2012 2.00
2013 2.00
2014 2.00
2015 2.00
2016 2.00
2017 1.00

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 Norway was 25,700 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,700 in 2017 and a minimum value of 9,500 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 9,500
2001 9,800
2002 10,800
2003 10,700
2004 10,400
2005 11,300
2006 12,000
2007 12,700
2008 13,600
2009 14,100
2010 14,700
2011 15,500
2012 18,200
2013 19,100
2014 21,700
2015 22,600
2016 22,600
2017 25,700

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Norway was 0.004 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.011 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.004 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 0.011
2001 0.010
2002 0.009
2003 0.009
2004 0.010
2005 0.009
2006 0.008
2007 0.008
2008 0.007
2009 0.007
2010 0.007
2011 0.006
2012 0.005
2013 0.005
2014 0.005
2015 0.004
2016 0.004
2017 0.004

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health