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 Small states was 259.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 400.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 259.00 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 400.00
2001 395.00
2002 390.00
2003 383.00
2004 369.00
2005 351.00
2006 334.00
2007 320.00
2008 308.00
2009 300.00
2010 293.00
2011 287.00
2012 282.00
2013 276.00
2014 273.00
2015 268.00
2016 264.00
2017 259.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health