Arab World - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Arab World was 16,000 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 20,000 in 2003, while its lowest value was 16,000 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 20,000
2001 20,000
2002 19,000
2003 20,000
2004 19,000
2005 19,000
2006 19,000
2007 18,000
2008 18,000
2009 17,000
2010 17,000
2011 17,000
2012 17,000
2013 16,000
2014 16,000
2015 16,000
2016 16,000
2017 16,000

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 Arab World was 190.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 190.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 100.00 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 100.00
2001 100.00
2002 110.00
2003 110.00
2004 120.00
2005 120.00
2006 130.00
2007 130.00
2008 140.00
2009 150.00
2010 150.00
2011 160.00
2012 170.00
2013 170.00
2014 180.00
2015 180.00
2016 190.00
2017 190.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Arab World was 0.52 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 1.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.52 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 1.00
2001 0.96
2002 0.91
2003 0.89
2004 0.85
2005 0.80
2006 0.78
2007 0.75
2008 0.70
2009 0.67
2010 0.65
2011 0.62
2012 0.60
2013 0.58
2014 0.57
2015 0.55
2016 0.54
2017 0.52

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health