Oman - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Oman was 17.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 17.00 in 2017, while its lowest value was 10.00 in 2005.

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 11.00
2001 11.00
2002 11.00
2003 11.00
2004 11.00
2005 10.00
2006 10.00
2007 11.00
2008 11.00
2009 12.00
2010 12.00
2011 13.00
2012 14.00
2013 15.00
2014 15.00
2015 16.00
2016 17.00
2017 17.00

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 Oman was 1,600 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,800 in 2008 and a minimum value of 1,300 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 1,300
2001 1,400
2002 1,400
2003 1,500
2004 1,600
2005 1,700
2006 1,800
2007 1,700
2008 1,800
2009 1,700
2010 1,700
2011 1,600
2012 1,600
2013 1,600
2014 1,600
2015 1,600
2016 1,600
2017 1,600

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Oman was 0.064 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.076 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.057 in 2006.

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

See also:

Year Value
2000 0.076
2001 0.073
2002 0.070
2003 0.067
2004 0.063
2005 0.060
2006 0.057
2007 0.058
2008 0.057
2009 0.058
2010 0.060
2011 0.061
2012 0.062
2013 0.063
2014 0.063
2015 0.064
2016 0.064
2017 0.064

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health