Benin - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Benin was 1,600 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 1,700 in 2015, while its lowest value was 1,500 in 2000.

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 1,500
2001 1,500
2002 1,600
2003 1,600
2004 1,600
2005 1,600
2006 1,600
2007 1,700
2008 1,700
2009 1,700
2010 1,700
2011 1,700
2012 1,700
2013 1,700
2014 1,700
2015 1,700
2016 1,600
2017 1,600

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 Benin was 49.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 32.00 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 32.00
2001 32.00
2002 33.00
2003 33.00
2004 34.00
2005 35.00
2006 35.00
2007 36.00
2008 37.00
2009 38.00
2010 39.00
2011 40.00
2012 41.00
2013 42.00
2014 43.00
2015 45.00
2016 47.00
2017 49.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Benin was 2.04 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 3.17 in 2000, while its lowest value was 2.04 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 3.17
2001 3.11
2002 3.05
2003 3.01
2004 2.94
2005 2.88
2006 2.82
2007 2.76
2008 2.70
2009 2.64
2010 2.58
2011 2.52
2012 2.46
2013 2.38
2014 2.30
2015 2.22
2016 2.12
2017 2.04

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health