Eswatini - 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 Eswatini was 437.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 539.00 in 2004 and a minimum value of 432.00 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. 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 521.00
2001 528.00
2002 534.00
2003 538.00
2004 539.00
2005 532.00
2006 518.00
2007 496.00
2008 474.00
2009 460.00
2010 450.00
2011 441.00
2012 435.00
2013 432.00
2014 434.00
2015 435.00
2016 436.00
2017 437.00

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
2006 420.00
2007 1,117.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health