Tunisia - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Tunisia was 90.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 110.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 83.00 in 2006.

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 110.00
2001 100.00
2002 99.00
2003 94.00
2004 90.00
2005 86.00
2006 83.00
2007 83.00
2008 84.00
2009 87.00
2010 89.00
2011 92.00
2012 94.00
2013 96.00
2014 96.00
2015 96.00
2016 93.00
2017 90.00

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 Tunisia was 970.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,000.00 in 2009 and a minimum value of 700.00 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 700.00
2001 750.00
2002 800.00
2003 860.00
2004 910.00
2005 970.00
2006 1,000.00
2007 1,000.00
2008 1,000.00
2009 1,000.00
2010 980.00
2011 950.00
2012 930.00
2013 910.00
2014 910.00
2015 910.00
2016 940.00
2017 970.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Tunisia was 0.103 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.144 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.098 in 2007.

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 0.144
2001 0.133
2002 0.125
2003 0.117
2004 0.110
2005 0.104
2006 0.099
2007 0.098
2008 0.098
2009 0.100
2010 0.102
2011 0.105
2012 0.108
2013 0.110
2014 0.110
2015 0.109
2016 0.107
2017 0.103

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health