Burkina Faso - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Burkina Faso was 2,400 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 2,800 in 2001, while its lowest value was 2,400 in 2016.

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 2,800
2001 2,800
2002 2,700
2003 2,700
2004 2,700
2005 2,600
2006 2,600
2007 2,600
2008 2,600
2009 2,600
2010 2,500
2011 2,500
2012 2,500
2013 2,500
2014 2,500
2015 2,500
2016 2,400
2017 2,400

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 Burkina Faso was 57.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 30.00 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 30.00
2001 31.00
2002 32.00
2003 34.00
2004 35.00
2005 37.00
2006 38.00
2007 39.00
2008 41.00
2009 42.00
2010 43.00
2011 45.00
2012 46.00
2013 48.00
2014 50.00
2015 52.00
2016 55.00
2017 57.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Burkina Faso was 1.75 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 3.31 in 2000, while its lowest value was 1.75 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 3.31
2001 3.20
2002 3.09
2003 2.98
2004 2.86
2005 2.74
2006 2.63
2007 2.54
2008 2.46
2009 2.39
2010 2.31
2011 2.23
2012 2.16
2013 2.09
2014 2.01
2015 1.92
2016 1.83
2017 1.75

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health