Pacific island small states - 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 Pacific island small states was 70.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 128.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 70.00 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 128.00
2001 123.00
2002 120.00
2003 115.00
2004 111.00
2005 107.00
2006 102.00
2007 99.00
2008 94.00
2009 91.00
2010 87.00
2011 84.00
2012 81.00
2013 78.00
2014 77.00
2015 74.00
2016 71.00
2017 70.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health