Iceland - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Iceland was 0.000 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.000 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2000.

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 0.000
2001 0.000
2002 0.000
2003 0.000
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000

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 Iceland was 14,400 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,400 in 2017 and a minimum value of 7,800 in 2002.

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 8,400
2001 7,900
2002 7,800
2003 8,000
2004 8,500
2005 9,300
2006 9,400
2007 9,400
2008 9,900
2009 9,100
2010 10,400
2011 10,800
2012 12,300
2013 11,400
2014 10,400
2015 13,100
2016 12,300
2017 14,400

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Iceland was 0.007 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.013 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.007 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 0.012
2001 0.013
2002 0.013
2003 0.012
2004 0.012
2005 0.011
2006 0.011
2007 0.011
2008 0.010
2009 0.011
2010 0.010
2011 0.009
2012 0.008
2013 0.009
2014 0.010
2015 0.008
2016 0.008
2017 0.007

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health