Chile - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Chile was 29.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 79.00 in 2001, while its lowest value was 29.00 in 2017.

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 79.00
2001 79.00
2002 69.00
2003 66.00
2004 66.00
2005 60.00
2006 60.00
2007 57.00
2008 53.00
2009 52.00
2010 51.00
2011 44.00
2012 41.00
2013 39.00
2014 35.00
2015 34.00
2016 31.00
2017 29.00

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 Chile was 4,600 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,600 in 2017 and a minimum value of 1,500 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 1,500
2001 1,500
2002 1,800
2003 1,800
2004 1,900
2005 2,100
2006 2,100
2007 2,200
2008 2,400
2009 2,500
2010 2,600
2011 3,000
2012 3,200
2013 3,400
2014 3,800
2015 3,900
2016 4,300
2017 4,600

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Chile was 0.022 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.067 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.022 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 0.067
2001 0.066
2002 0.057
2003 0.054
2004 0.053
2005 0.048
2006 0.047
2007 0.045
2008 0.041
2009 0.040
2010 0.039
2011 0.033
2012 0.031
2013 0.030
2014 0.027
2015 0.025
2016 0.023
2017 0.022

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health