Peru - 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 Peru was 88.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 144.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 88.00 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 144.00
2001 138.00
2002 132.00
2003 127.00
2004 122.00
2005 118.00
2006 114.00
2007 112.00
2008 108.00
2009 106.00
2010 104.00
2011 102.00
2012 100.00
2013 98.00
2014 96.00
2015 94.00
2016 91.00
2017 88.00

Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Peru was 102.00 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 259.00 in 1996 and a minimum value of 102.00 in 2012.

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.

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
1996 259.00
2000 207.00
2003 130.00
2004 136.00
2005 133.00
2006 126.00
2007 126.00
2008 122.00
2009 119.00
2010 106.00
2011 105.00
2012 102.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health