Gabon - 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 Gabon was 252.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 380.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 252.00 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 380.00
2001 370.00
2002 361.00
2003 356.00
2004 354.00
2005 348.00
2006 340.00
2007 336.00
2008 332.00
2009 324.00
2010 314.00
2011 304.00
2012 292.00
2013 277.00
2014 267.00
2015 261.00
2016 256.00
2017 252.00

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

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
2000 509.00
2012 368.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health