Mauritania - 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 Mauritania was 766.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 836.00 in 2003 and a minimum value of 766.00 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 834.00
2001 835.00
2002 836.00
2003 836.00
2004 830.00
2005 826.00
2006 821.00
2007 820.00
2008 819.00
2009 822.00
2010 824.00
2011 822.00
2012 812.00
2013 805.00
2014 796.00
2015 785.00
2016 777.00
2017 766.00

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
2000 771.00
2011 985.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health