Costa Rica - 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 Costa Rica was 27.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 27.00 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 40.00
2001 37.00
2002 38.00
2003 37.00
2004 36.00
2005 33.00
2006 35.00
2007 29.00
2008 29.00
2009 29.00
2010 32.00
2011 30.00
2012 29.00
2013 29.00
2014 29.00
2015 28.00
2016 28.00
2017 27.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Costa Rica was 24.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.00 in 2007 and a minimum value of 14.00 in 1990.

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
1985 36.00
1986 35.00
1987 19.00
1988 18.00
1989 28.00
1990 14.00
1991 33.00
1992 21.00
1993 17.00
1994 36.00
1995 19.00
1996 28.00
1997 35.00
1998 18.00
1999 19.00
2000 37.00
2001 32.00
2002 35.00
2004 38.00
2005 30.00
2006 38.00
2007 39.00
2008 20.00
2009 35.00
2010 28.00
2011 26.00
2012 30.00
2013 14.00
2014 29.00
2018 24.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health