Lebanon - 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 Lebanon was 29.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 23.00 in 2007.

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 28.00
2001 27.00
2002 26.00
2003 25.00
2004 24.00
2005 24.00
2006 24.00
2007 23.00
2008 23.00
2009 23.00
2010 23.00
2011 25.00
2012 25.00
2013 27.00
2014 28.00
2015 29.00
2016 29.00
2017 29.00

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
2009 17.00
2018 46.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health