Zambia - 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 Zambia was 213.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 528.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 213.00 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 528.00
2001 491.00
2002 465.00
2003 453.00
2004 437.00
2005 421.00
2006 406.00
2007 387.00
2008 356.00
2009 329.00
2010 305.00
2011 283.00
2012 267.00
2013 254.00
2014 242.00
2015 232.00
2016 222.00
2017 213.00

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
1996 553.00
2002 506.00
2007 405.00
2010 422.00
2013 286.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health