IDA only - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in IDA only was 136,000 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 196,000 in 2000, while its lowest value was 136,000 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 196,000
2001 193,000
2002 191,000
2003 187,000
2004 183,000
2005 176,000
2006 171,000
2007 167,000
2008 163,000
2009 159,000
2010 156,000
2011 152,000
2012 150,000
2013 147,000
2014 145,000
2015 141,000
2016 138,000
2017 136,000

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 IDA only was 58.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 27.00 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 27.00
2001 28.00
2002 29.00
2003 30.00
2004 32.00
2005 34.00
2006 36.00
2007 38.00
2008 39.00
2009 41.00
2010 43.00
2011 45.00
2012 47.00
2013 49.00
2014 51.00
2015 53.00
2016 56.00
2017 58.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in IDA only was 1.72 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 3.74 in 2000, while its lowest value was 1.72 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 3.74
2001 3.58
2002 3.45
2003 3.30
2004 3.14
2005 2.96
2006 2.80
2007 2.66
2008 2.54
2009 2.43
2010 2.32
2011 2.22
2012 2.13
2013 2.05
2014 1.97
2015 1.88
2016 1.80
2017 1.72

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health