Dem. People's Rep. Korea - 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 Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 89.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 139.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 89.00 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 139.00
2001 128.00
2002 122.00
2003 121.00
2004 120.00
2005 120.00
2006 120.00
2007 119.00
2008 118.00
2009 113.00
2010 106.00
2011 100.00
2012 96.00
2013 94.00
2014 93.00
2015 91.00
2016 90.00
2017 89.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health