The Bahamas - 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 The Bahamas was 70.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 79.00 in 2003 and a minimum value of 70.00 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 75.00
2001 76.00
2002 78.00
2003 79.00
2004 78.00
2005 77.00
2006 78.00
2007 77.00
2008 77.00
2009 78.00
2010 78.00
2011 78.00
2012 78.00
2013 78.00
2014 77.00
2015 74.00
2016 72.00
2017 70.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health