Belarus - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Belarus was 3.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 19.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 3.00 in 2014.

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 19.00
2001 16.00
2002 16.00
2003 14.00
2004 12.00
2005 11.00
2006 9.00
2007 8.00
2008 7.00
2009 6.00
2010 6.00
2011 5.00
2012 4.00
2013 4.00
2014 3.00
2015 3.00
2016 3.00
2017 3.00

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 Belarus was 23,800 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23,800 in 2017 and a minimum value of 4,000 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 4,000
2001 4,600
2002 4,800
2003 5,600
2004 6,100
2005 7,000
2006 8,200
2007 9,700
2008 11,100
2009 11,700
2010 12,800
2011 13,700
2012 16,400
2013 18,000
2014 19,300
2015 22,100
2016 22,400
2017 23,800

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Belarus was 0.004 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.025 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.004 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

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Year Value
2000 0.025
2001 0.022
2002 0.021
2003 0.018
2004 0.016
2005 0.014
2006 0.012
2007 0.010
2008 0.009
2009 0.009
2010 0.008
2011 0.007
2012 0.006
2013 0.006
2014 0.005
2015 0.005
2016 0.004
2017 0.004

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health