Chad - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Chad was 7,300 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 7,300 in 2017, while its lowest value was 6,100 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 6,100
2001 6,300
2002 6,400
2003 6,500
2004 6,500
2005 6,600
2006 6,900
2007 6,800
2008 7,000
2009 7,000
2010 7,000
2011 6,900
2012 6,900
2013 7,000
2014 7,100
2015 7,100
2016 7,200
2017 7,300

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 Chad was 15.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 10.00 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 10.00
2001 10.00
2002 10.00
2003 10.00
2004 10.00
2005 11.00
2006 11.00
2007 11.00
2008 11.00
2009 11.00
2010 12.00
2011 12.00
2012 13.00
2013 13.00
2014 13.00
2015 14.00
2016 14.00
2017 15.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Chad was 6.87 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 10.49 in 2000, while its lowest value was 6.87 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 10.49
2001 10.42
2002 10.29
2003 9.97
2004 9.72
2005 9.48
2006 9.48
2007 9.14
2008 9.07
2009 8.76
2010 8.46
2011 8.15
2012 7.85
2013 7.58
2014 7.45
2015 7.23
2016 7.04
2017 6.87

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health