Korea - 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 Korea was 11.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 11.00 in 2016.

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 17.00
2001 15.00
2002 15.00
2003 16.00
2004 15.00
2005 15.00
2006 14.00
2007 15.00
2008 15.00
2009 16.00
2010 15.00
2011 14.00
2012 13.00
2013 13.00
2014 12.00
2015 12.00
2016 11.00
2017 11.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Korea was 8.00 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.00 in 2012 and a minimum value of 8.00 in 2016.

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
1985 16.00
1986 15.00
1987 10.00
1988 10.00
1989 9.00
1990 13.00
1991 14.00
1992 13.00
1993 13.00
1994 12.00
1997 10.00
1998 10.00
1999 13.00
2000 11.00
2001 13.00
2002 13.00
2003 12.00
2004 12.00
2005 11.00
2006 12.00
2007 10.00
2008 9.00
2009 13.00
2011 16.00
2012 19.00
2013 12.00
2014 11.00
2015 9.00
2016 8.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health