El Salvador - 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 El Salvador was 46.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 75.00 in 2001 and a minimum value of 46.00 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 73.00
2001 75.00
2002 68.00
2003 66.00
2004 64.00
2005 62.00
2006 60.00
2007 58.00
2008 57.00
2009 57.00
2010 54.00
2011 53.00
2012 52.00
2013 50.00
2014 49.00
2015 48.00
2016 47.00
2017 46.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in El Salvador was 14.00 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45.00 in 1991 and a minimum value of 11.00 in 2009.

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
1990 33.00
1991 45.00
1992 29.00
1993 37.00
1995 33.00
1996 26.00
1997 27.00
1998 26.00
1999 15.00
2000 21.00
2001 20.00
2002 22.00
2003 19.00
2004 16.00
2005 18.00
2006 17.00
2007 14.00
2008 15.00
2009 11.00
2010 14.00
2011 13.00
2012 14.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health