Low income - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Low income was 100,000 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 141,000 in 2000, while its lowest value was 100,000 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 141,000
2001 139,000
2002 138,000
2003 136,000
2004 133,000
2005 129,000
2006 125,000
2007 121,000
2008 119,000
2009 116,000
2010 113,000
2011 111,000
2012 109,000
2013 107,000
2014 106,000
2015 103,000
2016 102,000
2017 100,000

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 Low income was 44.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 44.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 20.00 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 20.00
2001 20.00
2002 21.00
2003 22.00
2004 23.00
2005 25.00
2006 26.00
2007 28.00
2008 29.00
2009 30.00
2010 32.00
2011 34.00
2012 35.00
2013 37.00
2014 38.00
2015 40.00
2016 42.00
2017 44.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Low income was 2.27 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 5.08 in 2000, while its lowest value was 2.27 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 5.08
2001 4.88
2002 4.72
2003 4.52
2004 4.29
2005 4.03
2006 3.82
2007 3.62
2008 3.44
2009 3.28
2010 3.12
2011 2.97
2012 2.84
2013 2.72
2014 2.61
2015 2.48
2016 2.37
2017 2.27

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health