South Sudan - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in South Sudan was 4,500 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 4,700 in 2004, while its lowest value was 3,900 in 2010.

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 4,600
2001 4,600
2002 4,700
2003 4,700
2004 4,700
2005 4,600
2006 4,500
2007 4,400
2008 4,300
2009 4,100
2010 3,900
2011 3,900
2012 3,900
2013 4,100
2014 4,300
2015 4,200
2016 4,300
2017 4,500

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 South Sudan was 18.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.00 in 2015 and a minimum value of 10.00 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 10.00
2001 10.00
2002 10.00
2003 11.00
2004 11.00
2005 12.00
2006 13.00
2007 14.00
2008 15.00
2009 16.00
2010 18.00
2011 18.00
2012 19.00
2013 19.00
2014 18.00
2015 19.00
2016 18.00
2017 18.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in South Sudan was 5.51 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 10.26 in 2000, while its lowest value was 5.25 in 2012.

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 10.26
2001 9.92
2002 9.61
2003 9.26
2004 8.82
2005 8.31
2006 7.75
2007 7.18
2008 6.62
2009 6.08
2010 5.64
2011 5.42
2012 5.25
2013 5.38
2014 5.55
2015 5.35
2016 5.41
2017 5.51

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health