Japan - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Japan was 44.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 100.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 44.00 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 100.00
2001 95.00
2002 88.00
2003 85.00
2004 82.00
2005 80.00
2006 75.00
2007 72.00
2008 70.00
2009 68.00
2010 65.00
2011 66.00
2012 58.00
2013 55.00
2014 52.00
2015 50.00
2016 46.00
2017 44.00

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 Japan was 16,700 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,700 in 2017 and a minimum value of 8,300 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 8,300
2001 8,800
2002 9,400
2003 9,700
2004 10,000
2005 10,200
2006 10,700
2007 11,200
2008 11,300
2009 11,700
2010 12,200
2011 11,800
2012 13,400
2013 14,000
2014 14,600
2015 15,100
2016 16,400
2017 16,700

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Japan was 0.006 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.012 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.006 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

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Year Value
2000 0.012
2001 0.011
2002 0.011
2003 0.010
2004 0.010
2005 0.010
2006 0.009
2007 0.009
2008 0.009
2009 0.009
2010 0.008
2011 0.009
2012 0.007
2013 0.007
2014 0.007
2015 0.007
2016 0.006
2017 0.006

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health