IBRD only - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in IBRD only was 69,000 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 157,000 in 2000, while its lowest value was 69,000 in 2017.

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 157,000
2001 151,000
2002 144,000
2003 139,000
2004 133,000
2005 126,000
2006 121,000
2007 115,000
2008 108,000
2009 102,000
2010 96,000
2011 90,000
2012 85,000
2013 81,000
2014 77,000
2015 74,000
2016 71,000
2017 69,000

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 IBRD only was 520.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 520.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 200.00 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 200.00
2001 210.00
2002 220.00
2003 240.00
2004 250.00
2005 260.00
2006 280.00
2007 300.00
2008 320.00
2009 340.00
2010 360.00
2011 390.00
2012 410.00
2013 440.00
2014 460.00
2015 480.00
2016 500.00
2017 520.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in IBRD only was 0.192 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.502 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.192 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 0.502
2001 0.477
2002 0.450
2003 0.425
2004 0.403
2005 0.378
2006 0.358
2007 0.336
2008 0.315
2009 0.295
2010 0.275
2011 0.257
2012 0.242
2013 0.229
2014 0.218
2015 0.208
2016 0.199
2017 0.192

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health