Samoa - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Samoa was 2.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 5.00 in 2001, while its lowest value was 2.00 in 2013.

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 5.00
2001 5.00
2002 4.00
2003 4.00
2004 4.00
2005 4.00
2006 3.00
2007 3.00
2008 3.00
2009 3.00
2010 3.00
2011 3.00
2012 3.00
2013 2.00
2014 2.00
2015 2.00
2016 2.00
2017 2.00

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 Samoa was 590.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 590.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 240.00 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 240.00
2001 250.00
2002 260.00
2003 270.00
2004 300.00
2005 310.00
2006 340.00
2007 360.00
2008 380.00
2009 400.00
2010 400.00
2011 440.00
2012 470.00
2013 520.00
2014 540.00
2015 550.00
2016 570.00
2017 590.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Samoa was 0.170 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.417 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.170 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 0.417
2001 0.393
2002 0.387
2003 0.365
2004 0.334
2005 0.325
2006 0.295
2007 0.278
2008 0.262
2009 0.251
2010 0.248
2011 0.225
2012 0.213
2013 0.194
2014 0.186
2015 0.180
2016 0.174
2017 0.170

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health