Tonga - 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 Tonga was 52.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 77.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 52.00 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 77.00
2001 73.00
2002 71.00
2003 69.00
2004 67.00
2005 66.00
2006 64.00
2007 62.00
2008 60.00
2009 61.00
2010 57.00
2011 56.00
2012 56.00
2013 56.00
2014 55.00
2015 54.00
2016 53.00
2017 52.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health