Guinea - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Guinea was 2,600 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 4,100 in 2003, while its lowest value was 2,600 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 3,700
2001 3,900
2002 4,100
2003 4,100
2004 3,900
2005 3,500
2006 3,200
2007 3,000
2008 3,000
2009 3,000
2010 3,000
2011 3,100
2012 3,100
2013 3,100
2014 3,300
2015 3,000
2016 2,700
2017 2,600

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 Guinea was 35.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 16.00 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 16.00
2001 16.00
2002 16.00
2003 16.00
2004 17.00
2005 19.00
2006 21.00
2007 23.00
2008 24.00
2009 24.00
2010 25.00
2011 25.00
2012 25.00
2013 26.00
2014 25.00
2015 28.00
2016 32.00
2017 35.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Guinea was 2.88 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 6.34 in 2002, while its lowest value was 2.88 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 6.09
2001 6.30
2002 6.34
2003 6.25
2004 5.83
2005 5.26
2006 4.73
2007 4.36
2008 4.20
2009 4.13
2010 4.06
2011 4.01
2012 3.94
2013 3.83
2014 3.96
2015 3.58
2016 3.14
2017 2.88

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health