Panama - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Panama was 41.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 68.00 in 2003, while its lowest value was 41.00 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 64.00
2001 62.00
2002 66.00
2003 68.00
2004 64.00
2005 65.00
2006 65.00
2007 64.00
2008 64.00
2009 63.00
2010 61.00
2011 59.00
2012 58.00
2013 52.00
2014 47.00
2015 46.00
2016 43.00
2017 41.00

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 Panama was 750.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 750.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 360.00 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 360.00
2001 380.00
2002 370.00
2003 360.00
2004 390.00
2005 390.00
2006 400.00
2007 410.00
2008 420.00
2009 430.00
2010 460.00
2011 480.00
2012 490.00
2013 560.00
2014 620.00
2015 650.00
2016 700.00
2017 750.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Panama was 0.134 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.278 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.134 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

See also:

Year Value
2000 0.278
2001 0.262
2002 0.273
2003 0.275
2004 0.257
2005 0.255
2006 0.250
2007 0.244
2008 0.237
2009 0.230
2010 0.219
2011 0.210
2012 0.203
2013 0.180
2014 0.162
2015 0.153
2016 0.144
2017 0.134

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health