Spain - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Spain was 14.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 22.00 in 2008, while its lowest value was 14.00 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 19.00
2001 19.00
2002 20.00
2003 21.00
2004 21.00
2005 22.00
2006 22.00
2007 22.00
2008 22.00
2009 21.00
2010 20.00
2011 19.00
2012 18.00
2013 17.00
2014 16.00
2015 15.00
2016 15.00
2017 14.00

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 Spain was 21,500 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21,500 in 2017 and a minimum value of 14,800 in 2003.

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 16,300
2001 16,100
2002 15,900
2003 14,800
2004 15,100
2005 14,900
2006 14,800
2007 14,900
2008 14,900
2009 15,600
2010 17,000
2011 17,000
2012 17,800
2013 18,800
2014 19,300
2015 20,100
2016 20,500
2017 21,500

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Spain was 0.005 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.007 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.005 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

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Year Value
2000 0.006
2001 0.006
2002 0.006
2003 0.007
2004 0.007
2005 0.007
2006 0.007
2007 0.007
2008 0.007
2009 0.006
2010 0.006
2011 0.006
2012 0.006
2013 0.005
2014 0.005
2015 0.005
2016 0.005
2017 0.005

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health