China - 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 China was 29.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 59.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 29.00 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 59.00
2001 55.00
2002 51.00
2003 48.00
2004 46.00
2005 44.00
2006 42.00
2007 40.00
2008 40.00
2009 37.00
2010 36.00
2011 34.00
2012 33.00
2013 32.00
2014 31.00
2015 30.00
2016 29.00
2017 29.00

Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in China was 27.00 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.00 in 1991 and a minimum value of 27.00 in 2013.

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
1991 98.00
1996 68.00
1998 70.00
2000 65.00
2001 58.00
2002 55.00
2003 48.00
2004 56.00
2005 53.00
2006 52.00
2007 45.00
2008 40.00
2009 38.00
2010 35.00
2011 33.00
2012 29.00
2013 27.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health