Tonga - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Tonga was 1.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 2.00 in 2012, while its lowest value was 1.00 in 2013.

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 2.00
2001 2.00
2002 2.00
2003 2.00
2004 2.00
2005 2.00
2006 2.00
2007 2.00
2008 2.00
2009 2.00
2010 2.00
2011 2.00
2012 2.00
2013 1.00
2014 1.00
2015 1.00
2016 1.00
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 Tonga was 540.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 540.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 310.00 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 310.00
2001 330.00
2002 340.00
2003 350.00
2004 360.00
2005 370.00
2006 380.00
2007 400.00
2008 420.00
2009 420.00
2010 450.00
2011 460.00
2012 470.00
2013 480.00
2014 490.00
2015 500.00
2016 520.00
2017 540.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Tonga was 0.184 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.320 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.184 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 0.320
2001 0.304
2002 0.294
2003 0.286
2004 0.280
2005 0.272
2006 0.262
2007 0.251
2008 0.239
2009 0.240
2010 0.221
2011 0.215
2012 0.212
2013 0.209
2014 0.205
2015 0.198
2016 0.192
2017 0.184

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health