Morocco - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Morocco was 480.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 1,200.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 480.00 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 1,200.00
2001 1,100.00
2002 1,000.00
2003 980.00
2004 920.00
2005 850.00
2006 790.00
2007 740.00
2008 710.00
2009 670.00
2010 630.00
2011 600.00
2012 570.00
2013 550.00
2014 540.00
2015 520.00
2016 500.00
2017 480.00

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 Morocco was 560.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 560.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 190.00 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 190.00
2001 210.00
2002 230.00
2003 240.00
2004 260.00
2005 290.00
2006 310.00
2007 340.00
2008 360.00
2009 380.00
2010 410.00
2011 440.00
2012 460.00
2013 480.00
2014 500.00
2015 520.00
2016 540.00
2017 560.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Morocco was 0.178 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.531 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.178 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 0.531
2001 0.481
2002 0.441
2003 0.409
2004 0.379
2005 0.345
2006 0.318
2007 0.296
2008 0.279
2009 0.261
2010 0.244
2011 0.229
2012 0.218
2013 0.209
2014 0.202
2015 0.193
2016 0.185
2017 0.178

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health