High income - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in High income was 1,300 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 1,400 in 2016, while its lowest value was 1,300 in 2012.

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 1,400
2001 1,400
2002 1,400
2003 1,400
2004 1,400
2005 1,400
2006 1,400
2007 1,400
2008 1,400
2009 1,400
2010 1,400
2011 1,400
2012 1,300
2013 1,300
2014 1,300
2015 1,300
2016 1,400
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 High income was 5,800 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,900 in 2014 and a minimum value of 5,400 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

See also:

Year Value
2000 5,400
2001 5,400
2002 5,500
2003 5,500
2004 5,600
2005 5,600
2006 5,600
2007 5,600
2008 5,600
2009 5,600
2010 5,700
2011 5,700
2012 5,900
2013 5,900
2014 5,900
2015 5,800
2016 5,700
2017 5,800

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in High income was 0.017 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.018 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.017 in 2014.

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 0.018
2001 0.018
2002 0.018
2003 0.018
2004 0.018
2005 0.018
2006 0.018
2007 0.018
2008 0.018
2009 0.018
2010 0.017
2011 0.017
2012 0.017
2013 0.017
2014 0.017
2015 0.017
2016 0.018
2017 0.017

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health