São Tomé and Principe - 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 São Tomé and Principe was 130.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 179.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 130.00 in 2015.

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 179.00
2001 173.00
2002 169.00
2003 167.00
2004 166.00
2005 163.00
2006 158.00
2007 154.00
2008 150.00
2009 145.00
2010 140.00
2011 137.00
2012 134.00
2013 132.00
2014 131.00
2015 130.00
2016 130.00
2017 130.00

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
1985 139.00
1987 67.00
2008 110.00
2014 131.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health