Bhutan - 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 Bhutan was 183.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 423.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 183.00 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 423.00
2001 384.00
2002 365.00
2003 348.00
2004 332.00
2005 310.00
2006 291.00
2007 275.00
2008 264.00
2009 255.00
2010 247.00
2011 239.00
2012 231.00
2013 223.00
2014 214.00
2015 203.00
2016 193.00
2017 183.00

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
1994 605.00
2000 240.00
2005 482.00
2011 325.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health