Paraguay - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Paraguay was 180.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 280.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 180.00 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

See also:

Year Value
2000 280.00
2001 270.00
2002 270.00
2003 260.00
2004 250.00
2005 240.00
2006 240.00
2007 230.00
2008 220.00
2009 220.00
2010 210.00
2011 200.00
2012 200.00
2013 190.00
2014 190.00
2015 190.00
2016 190.00
2017 180.00

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 Paraguay was 290.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 290.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 140.00 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

See also:

Year Value
2000 140.00
2001 140.00
2002 150.00
2003 160.00
2004 170.00
2005 180.00
2006 180.00
2007 190.00
2008 200.00
2009 210.00
2010 220.00
2011 230.00
2012 240.00
2013 250.00
2014 260.00
2015 270.00
2016 280.00
2017 290.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Paraguay was 0.350 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.737 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.350 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 0.737
2001 0.701
2002 0.668
2003 0.635
2004 0.603
2005 0.571
2006 0.542
2007 0.517
2008 0.493
2009 0.470
2010 0.448
2011 0.429
2012 0.410
2013 0.395
2014 0.381
2015 0.368
2016 0.358
2017 0.350

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health