Antigua and Barbuda - 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 Antigua and Barbuda was 42.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.00 in 2008 and a minimum value of 40.00 in 2005.

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

See also:

Year Value
2000 44.00
2001 44.00
2002 43.00
2003 44.00
2004 41.00
2005 40.00
2006 46.00
2007 48.00
2008 50.00
2009 45.00
2010 44.00
2011 43.00
2012 44.00
2013 43.00
2014 42.00
2015 43.00
2016 43.00
2017 42.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health