Ecuador - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Ecuador was 200.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 390.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 200.00 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 390.00
2001 380.00
2002 350.00
2003 320.00
2004 300.00
2005 300.00
2006 290.00
2007 270.00
2008 260.00
2009 260.00
2010 250.00
2011 250.00
2012 230.00
2013 220.00
2014 220.00
2015 210.00
2016 200.00
2017 200.00

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 Ecuador was 640.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 640.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 240.00 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 240.00
2001 260.00
2002 280.00
2003 310.00
2004 340.00
2005 350.00
2006 370.00
2007 400.00
2008 420.00
2009 440.00
2010 450.00
2011 470.00
2012 510.00
2013 540.00
2014 560.00
2015 580.00
2016 610.00
2017 640.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Ecuador was 0.155 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.412 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.155 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 0.412
2001 0.386
2002 0.356
2003 0.318
2004 0.293
2005 0.286
2006 0.268
2007 0.250
2008 0.237
2009 0.229
2010 0.221
2011 0.214
2012 0.196
2013 0.185
2014 0.177
2015 0.171
2016 0.163
2017 0.155

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health