Italy - Maternal mortality ratio

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Italy was 2.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 2.00 in 2006.

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).

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 4.00
2001 3.00
2002 3.00
2003 3.00
2004 3.00
2005 3.00
2006 2.00
2007 2.00
2008 2.00
2009 2.00
2010 2.00
2011 2.00
2012 2.00
2013 2.00
2014 2.00
2015 2.00
2016 2.00
2017 2.00

Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Italy was 3.00 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.00 in 1990 and a minimum value of 2.00 in 2001.

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births.

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
1985 8.00
1986 5.00
1987 4.00
1988 8.00
1989 5.00
1990 9.00
1991 5.00
1992 7.00
1993 4.00
1994 4.00
1995 3.00
1996 4.00
1997 4.00
1998 3.00
1999 3.00
2000 3.00
2001 2.00
2002 3.00
2003 5.00
2004 4.00
2005 2.00
2007 2.00
2008 2.00
2009 2.00
2010 3.00
2011 2.00
2012 2.00
2013 2.00
2014 2.00
2015 3.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health