Lesotho - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Lesotho was 310.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 420.00 in 2005, while its lowest value was 310.00 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 380.00
2001 390.00
2002 410.00
2003 420.00
2004 420.00
2005 420.00
2006 400.00
2007 390.00
2008 370.00
2009 360.00
2010 350.00
2011 340.00
2012 340.00
2013 340.00
2014 330.00
2015 330.00
2016 320.00
2017 310.00

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 Lesotho was 58.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 45.00 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 46.00
2001 46.00
2002 45.00
2003 45.00
2004 45.00
2005 46.00
2006 46.00
2007 47.00
2008 48.00
2009 49.00
2010 50.00
2011 51.00
2012 51.00
2013 52.00
2014 53.00
2015 54.00
2016 55.00
2017 58.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Lesotho was 1.73 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 2.23 in 2003, while its lowest value was 1.73 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 2.17
2001 2.18
2002 2.21
2003 2.23
2004 2.23
2005 2.20
2006 2.17
2007 2.13
2008 2.08
2009 2.03
2010 2.00
2011 1.97
2012 1.95
2013 1.93
2014 1.90
2015 1.86
2016 1.80
2017 1.73

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health