Haiti - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Haiti was 1,300 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 1,400 in 2013, while its lowest value was 1,200 in 2000.

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 1,200
2001 1,200
2002 1,200
2003 1,200
2004 1,400
2005 1,300
2006 1,300
2007 1,300
2008 1,300
2009 1,300
2010 1,400
2011 1,400
2012 1,400
2013 1,400
2014 1,300
2015 1,300
2016 1,300
2017 1,300

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 Haiti was 67.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 50.00 in 2004.

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 54.00
2001 55.00
2002 56.00
2003 56.00
2004 50.00
2005 57.00
2006 57.00
2007 57.00
2008 57.00
2009 58.00
2010 66.00
2011 58.00
2012 59.00
2013 61.00
2014 62.00
2015 64.00
2016 65.00
2017 67.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Haiti was 1.49 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 1.99 in 2004, while its lowest value was 1.49 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 1.84
2001 1.80
2002 1.78
2003 1.77
2004 1.99
2005 1.76
2006 1.76
2007 1.75
2008 1.76
2009 1.73
2010 1.51
2011 1.71
2012 1.69
2013 1.65
2014 1.61
2015 1.57
2016 1.54
2017 1.49

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health