Dominican Republic - 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 Dominican Republic was 95.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 96.00 in 2010 and a minimum value of 75.00 in 2001.

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 80.00
2001 75.00
2002 75.00
2003 76.00
2004 81.00
2005 83.00
2006 86.00
2007 90.00
2008 92.00
2009 95.00
2010 96.00
2011 95.00
2012 94.00
2013 94.00
2014 94.00
2015 94.00
2016 94.00
2017 95.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Dominican Republic was 97.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 122.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 55.00 in 2001.

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.

See also:

Year Value
2000 122.00
2001 55.00
2002 55.00
2003 76.00
2004 71.00
2005 80.00
2006 95.00
2007 84.00
2008 76.00
2009 96.00
2010 110.00
2011 95.00
2012 95.00
2013 90.00
2014 93.00
2016 94.00
2018 97.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health