Angola - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Angola was 3,000 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 6,600 in 2000, while its lowest value was 3,000 in 2014.

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 6,600
2001 6,300
2002 5,800
2003 5,500
2004 5,200
2005 4,800
2006 4,500
2007 4,300
2008 4,000
2009 3,700
2010 3,500
2011 3,300
2012 3,100
2013 3,100
2014 3,000
2015 3,000
2016 3,000
2017 3,000

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 Angola was 69.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 69.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 18.00 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 18.00
2001 19.00
2002 21.00
2003 23.00
2004 26.00
2005 28.00
2006 31.00
2007 34.00
2008 38.00
2009 42.00
2010 46.00
2011 51.00
2012 55.00
2013 58.00
2014 61.00
2015 64.00
2016 67.00
2017 69.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Angola was 1.45 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 5.69 in 2000, while its lowest value was 1.45 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

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Year Value
2000 5.69
2001 5.26
2002 4.74
2003 4.29
2004 3.91
2005 3.52
2006 3.19
2007 2.90
2008 2.64
2009 2.39
2010 2.15
2011 1.97
2012 1.82
2013 1.72
2014 1.63
2015 1.56
2016 1.50
2017 1.45

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health