Libya - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Libya was 92.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 96.00 in 2016, while its lowest value was 68.00 in 2007.

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 81.00
2001 79.00
2002 78.00
2003 76.00
2004 74.00
2005 71.00
2006 69.00
2007 68.00
2008 68.00
2009 71.00
2010 72.00
2011 76.00
2012 75.00
2013 78.00
2014 85.00
2015 93.00
2016 96.00
2017 92.00

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 Libya was 590.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 740.00 in 2008 and a minimum value of 510.00 in 2000.

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 510.00
2001 540.00
2002 560.00
2003 590.00
2004 630.00
2005 670.00
2006 700.00
2007 730.00
2008 740.00
2009 730.00
2010 730.00
2011 700.00
2012 700.00
2013 680.00
2014 620.00
2015 570.00
2016 560.00
2017 590.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Libya was 0.169 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.197 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.135 in 2008.

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 0.197
2001 0.186
2002 0.178
2003 0.169
2004 0.159
2005 0.149
2006 0.142
2007 0.137
2008 0.135
2009 0.138
2010 0.137
2011 0.143
2012 0.142
2013 0.148
2014 0.160
2015 0.175
2016 0.178
2017 0.169

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health