Ghana - 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 Ghana was 308.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 484.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 308.00 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 484.00
2001 445.00
2002 415.00
2003 398.00
2004 384.00
2005 371.00
2006 359.00
2007 349.00
2008 342.00
2009 339.00
2010 339.00
2011 339.00
2012 336.00
2013 331.00
2014 325.00
2015 320.00
2016 314.00
2017 308.00

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
2007 516.00
2010 284.00
2017 334.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health