Costa Rica - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Costa Rica was 19.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 30.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 19.00 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 30.00
2001 28.00
2002 28.00
2003 27.00
2004 26.00
2005 24.00
2006 25.00
2007 21.00
2008 21.00
2009 21.00
2010 23.00
2011 22.00
2012 21.00
2013 21.00
2014 21.00
2015 20.00
2016 20.00
2017 19.00

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 Costa Rica was 1,900 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,900 in 2017 and a minimum value of 1,000 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 1,000
2001 1,100
2002 1,100
2003 1,200
2004 1,300
2005 1,400
2006 1,400
2007 1,700
2008 1,700
2009 1,700
2010 1,600
2011 1,700
2012 1,800
2013 1,800
2014 1,800
2015 1,900
2016 1,900
2017 1,900

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Costa Rica was 0.051 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.100 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.051 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 0.100
2001 0.091
2002 0.089
2003 0.084
2004 0.078
2005 0.070
2006 0.074
2007 0.059
2008 0.060
2009 0.058
2010 0.063
2011 0.060
2012 0.057
2013 0.056
2014 0.055
2015 0.054
2016 0.053
2017 0.051

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health