Somalia - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Somalia was 5,100 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 5,200 in 2016, while its lowest value was 5,000 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 5,200
2001 5,200
2002 5,200
2003 5,100
2004 5,100
2005 5,100
2006 5,200
2007 5,200
2008 5,200
2009 5,200
2010 5,200
2011 5,200
2012 5,200
2013 5,000
2014 5,000
2015 5,000
2016 5,200
2017 5,100

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 Somalia was 20.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 12.00 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 12.00
2001 12.00
2002 12.00
2003 13.00
2004 13.00
2005 14.00
2006 14.00
2007 14.00
2008 15.00
2009 15.00
2010 15.00
2011 16.00
2012 16.00
2013 18.00
2014 18.00
2015 19.00
2016 19.00
2017 20.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Somalia was 5.08 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 8.60 in 2000, while its lowest value was 5.08 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 8.60
2001 8.31
2002 8.02
2003 7.72
2004 7.49
2005 7.19
2006 7.13
2007 7.04
2008 6.84
2009 6.65
2010 6.50
2011 6.24
2012 6.08
2013 5.69
2014 5.53
2015 5.33
2016 5.34
2017 5.08

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health