Bolivia - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Bolivia was 380.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 850.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 380.00 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 850.00
2001 820.00
2002 790.00
2003 760.00
2004 720.00
2005 690.00
2006 660.00
2007 620.00
2008 590.00
2009 560.00
2010 530.00
2011 510.00
2012 480.00
2013 460.00
2014 440.00
2015 420.00
2016 400.00
2017 380.00

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 Bolivia was 220.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 220.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 72.00 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 72.00
2001 75.00
2002 80.00
2003 85.00
2004 90.00
2005 97.00
2006 100.00
2007 110.00
2008 120.00
2009 130.00
2010 140.00
2011 150.00
2012 160.00
2013 170.00
2014 180.00
2015 190.00
2016 210.00
2017 220.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Bolivia was 0.46 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 1.40 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.46 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 1.40
2001 1.33
2002 1.26
2003 1.18
2004 1.11
2005 1.03
2006 0.97
2007 0.90
2008 0.83
2009 0.78
2010 0.72
2011 0.67
2012 0.63
2013 0.59
2014 0.55
2015 0.51
2016 0.48
2017 0.46

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health