New Zealand - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in New Zealand was 5.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 7.00 in 2010, while its lowest value was 5.00 in 2013.

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 7.00
2001 6.00
2002 7.00
2003 7.00
2004 7.00
2005 7.00
2006 7.00
2007 7.00
2008 7.00
2009 7.00
2010 7.00
2011 6.00
2012 6.00
2013 5.00
2014 6.00
2015 6.00
2016 6.00
2017 5.00

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 New Zealand was 6,100 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,100 in 2017 and a minimum value of 4,400 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 4,400
2001 4,500
2002 4,400
2003 4,400
2004 4,500
2005 4,500
2006 4,600
2007 4,500
2008 4,700
2009 4,600
2010 4,700
2011 4,900
2012 5,000
2013 5,700
2014 5,300
2015 5,400
2016 5,500
2017 6,100

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in New Zealand was 0.016 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.023 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.016 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 0.023
2001 0.022
2002 0.023
2003 0.023
2004 0.022
2005 0.022
2006 0.022
2007 0.022
2008 0.021
2009 0.022
2010 0.021
2011 0.020
2012 0.020
2013 0.018
2014 0.019
2015 0.019
2016 0.018
2017 0.016

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health