Middle income - 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 Middle income was 183.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 302.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 183.00 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 302.00
2001 295.00
2002 288.00
2003 280.00
2004 271.00
2005 260.00
2006 250.00
2007 240.00
2008 232.00
2009 225.00
2010 217.00
2011 210.00
2012 204.00
2013 199.00
2014 195.00
2015 190.00
2016 186.00
2017 183.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health