Vietnam - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Vietnam was 700.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 940.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 700.00 in 2017.

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 940.00
2001 890.00
2002 850.00
2003 820.00
2004 790.00
2005 760.00
2006 730.00
2007 720.00
2008 720.00
2009 720.00
2010 720.00
2011 720.00
2012 720.00
2013 730.00
2014 720.00
2015 720.00
2016 710.00
2017 700.00

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 Vietnam was 1,100.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,100.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 670.00 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 670.00
2001 720.00
2002 770.00
2003 810.00
2004 860.00
2005 910.00
2006 950.00
2007 980.00
2008 1,000.00
2009 1,000.00
2010 1,000.00
2011 1,000.00
2012 1,000.00
2013 1,000.00
2014 1,000.00
2015 1,000.00
2016 1,000.00
2017 1,100.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Vietnam was 0.095 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.150 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.095 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 0.150
2001 0.139
2002 0.130
2003 0.123
2004 0.116
2005 0.110
2006 0.105
2007 0.102
2008 0.100
2009 0.099
2010 0.099
2011 0.098
2012 0.098
2013 0.098
2014 0.098
2015 0.097
2016 0.096
2017 0.095

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health