Fragile and conflict affected situations - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 160,000 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 192,000 in 2002, while its lowest value was 160,000 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 192,000
2001 191,000
2002 192,000
2003 191,000
2004 188,000
2005 183,000
2006 179,000
2007 175,000
2008 173,000
2009 171,000
2010 169,000
2011 168,000
2012 167,000
2013 166,000
2014 165,000
2015 162,000
2016 162,000
2017 160,000

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 Fragile and conflict affected situations was 39.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 22.00 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 22.00
2001 23.00
2002 23.00
2003 24.00
2004 25.00
2005 26.00
2006 27.00
2007 29.00
2008 30.00
2009 31.00
2010 32.00
2011 33.00
2012 34.00
2013 35.00
2014 36.00
2015 37.00
2016 38.00
2017 39.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 2.54 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 4.56 in 2000, while its lowest value was 2.54 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

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Year Value
2000 4.56
2001 4.43
2002 4.33
2003 4.20
2004 4.03
2005 3.82
2006 3.66
2007 3.51
2008 3.38
2009 3.28
2010 3.16
2011 3.07
2012 2.97
2013 2.88
2014 2.80
2015 2.69
2016 2.61
2017 2.54

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health