Belize - 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 Belize was 36.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 89.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 36.00 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 89.00
2001 88.00
2002 82.00
2003 80.00
2004 75.00
2005 70.00
2006 65.00
2007 61.00
2008 59.00
2009 57.00
2010 54.00
2011 52.00
2012 50.00
2013 48.00
2014 46.00
2015 43.00
2016 39.00
2017 36.00

Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Belize was 13.00 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 133.00 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1996.

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.

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
1986 62.00
1987 15.00
1989 45.00
1990 45.00
1991 59.00
1995 14.00
1996 0.00
1997 42.00
1998 126.00
1999 28.00
2000 68.00
2001 40.00
2002 80.00
2003 13.00
2004 40.00
2005 133.00
2006 40.00
2007 27.00
2008 27.00
2009 53.00
2010 53.00
2011 0.00
2012 26.00
2013 0.00
2014 0.00
2015 0.00
2016 13.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health