Guyana - 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 Guyana was 169.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 231.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 169.00 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 231.00
2001 216.00
2002 227.00
2003 226.00
2004 220.00
2005 223.00
2006 221.00
2007 208.00
2008 192.00
2009 185.00
2010 179.00
2011 180.00
2012 185.00
2013 175.00
2014 174.00
2015 172.00
2016 170.00
2017 169.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Guyana was 101.00 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 167.00 in 1995 and a minimum value of 52.00 in 1992.

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
1988 60.00
1989 79.00
1990 108.00
1991 61.00
1992 52.00
1993 85.00
1994 147.00
1995 167.00
1996 125.00
1997 102.00
1998 119.00
1999 86.00
2001 90.00
2002 109.00
2003 118.00
2004 110.00
2005 142.00
2006 121.00
2007 123.00
2008 99.00
2009 56.00
2010 126.00
2011 88.00
2012 88.00
2013 57.00
2014 101.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health