Lower middle income - 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 Lower middle income was 253.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 424.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 253.00 in 2017.

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 424.00
2001 413.00
2002 402.00
2003 389.00
2004 376.00
2005 360.00
2006 344.00
2007 331.00
2008 321.00
2009 311.00
2010 301.00
2011 292.00
2012 284.00
2013 277.00
2014 270.00
2015 264.00
2016 258.00
2017 253.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health