Malawi - 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 Malawi was 349.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 749.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 349.00 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 749.00
2001 735.00
2002 714.00
2003 687.00
2004 654.00
2005 610.00
2006 566.00
2007 526.00
2008 493.00
2009 466.00
2010 444.00
2011 428.00
2012 413.00
2013 396.00
2014 381.00
2015 370.00
2016 358.00
2017 349.00

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
1992 673.00
2000 942.00
2004 859.00
2010 613.00
2016 451.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health