Lao PDR - 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 Lao PDR was 185.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 544.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 185.00 in 2017.

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 544.00
2001 517.00
2002 491.00
2003 465.00
2004 437.00
2005 410.00
2006 385.00
2007 360.00
2008 336.00
2009 314.00
2010 292.00
2011 272.00
2012 254.00
2013 238.00
2014 223.00
2015 209.00
2016 196.00
2017 185.00

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

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
1995 594.00
2005 407.00
2011 444.00
2015 217.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health