Kuwait - 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 Kuwait was 12.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 10.00 in 2000.

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 10.00
2001 10.00
2002 10.00
2003 10.00
2004 10.00
2005 10.00
2006 10.00
2007 10.00
2008 10.00
2009 10.00
2010 10.00
2011 10.00
2012 11.00
2013 11.00
2014 11.00
2015 11.00
2016 12.00
2017 12.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Kuwait was 2.00 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.00 in 1997 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 2007.

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 4.00
1986 5.00
1987 2.00
1993 3.00
1994 3.00
1995 3.00
1996 7.00
1997 17.00
1998 7.00
1999 7.00
2000 5.00
2001 2.00
2002 7.00
2003 2.00
2004 12.00
2005 4.00
2006 2.00
2007 0.00
2008 9.00
2009 12.00
2010 5.00
2011 10.00
2012 2.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health