Suriname - 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 Suriname was 120.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 221.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 120.00 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 221.00
2001 218.00
2002 207.00
2003 189.00
2004 176.00
2005 164.00
2006 165.00
2007 167.00
2008 169.00
2009 159.00
2010 148.00
2011 139.00
2012 134.00
2013 129.00
2014 124.00
2015 122.00
2016 121.00
2017 120.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Suriname was 148.00 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 474.00 in 1994 and a minimum value of 9.00 in 1990.

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 55.00
1986 63.00
1987 18.00
1988 54.00
1989 27.00
1990 9.00
1994 474.00
1997 36.00
1998 62.00
1999 36.00
2000 80.00
2001 90.00
2002 117.00
2003 72.00
2004 63.00
2005 36.00
2006 73.00
2007 101.00
2008 83.00
2009 101.00
2011 138.00
2012 129.00
2013 65.00
2014 120.00
2015 148.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health