European Union - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in European Union was 250.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 440.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 250.00 in 2016.

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 440.00
2001 420.00
2002 410.00
2003 390.00
2004 370.00
2005 360.00
2006 350.00
2007 340.00
2008 330.00
2009 330.00
2010 310.00
2011 300.00
2012 280.00
2013 270.00
2014 260.00
2015 260.00
2016 250.00
2017 250.00

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 European Union was 11,200 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,200 in 2017 and a minimum value of 6,900 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 6,900
2001 7,200
2002 7,500
2003 7,800
2004 8,200
2005 8,300
2006 8,700
2007 8,900
2008 9,000
2009 9,100
2010 9,500
2011 9,800
2012 10,300
2013 10,600
2014 10,900
2015 11,000
2016 11,200
2017 11,200

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in European Union was 0.009 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.015 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.009 in 2016.

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 0.015
2001 0.014
2002 0.013
2003 0.013
2004 0.012
2005 0.012
2006 0.011
2007 0.011
2008 0.011
2009 0.011
2010 0.011
2011 0.010
2012 0.010
2013 0.009
2014 0.009
2015 0.009
2016 0.009
2017 0.009

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health