Namibia - 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 Namibia was 195.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 359.00 in 2003 and a minimum value of 195.00 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 348.00
2001 352.00
2002 356.00
2003 359.00
2004 358.00
2005 346.00
2006 328.00
2007 306.00
2008 284.00
2009 276.00
2010 266.00
2011 256.00
2012 240.00
2013 231.00
2014 223.00
2015 217.00
2016 207.00
2017 195.00

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
1992 280.00
2000 330.00
2006 415.00
2011 248.00
2013 372.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health