Chad - 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 Chad was 1,140 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,420 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1,140 in 2016.

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 1,420
2001 1,410
2002 1,400
2003 1,370
2004 1,350
2005 1,330
2006 1,340
2007 1,300
2008 1,310
2009 1,270
2010 1,240
2011 1,210
2012 1,190
2013 1,170
2014 1,170
2015 1,160
2016 1,140
2017 1,140

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
1997 1,165
2004 1,358
2015 1,389

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health