Sri Lanka - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Sri Lanka was 120.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 200.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 120.00 in 2015.

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 200.00
2001 180.00
2002 180.00
2003 180.00
2004 170.00
2005 160.00
2006 170.00
2007 160.00
2008 150.00
2009 150.00
2010 140.00
2011 130.00
2012 130.00
2013 130.00
2014 130.00
2015 120.00
2016 120.00
2017 120.00

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 Sri Lanka was 1,300.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,300.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 770.00 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 770.00
2001 820.00
2002 860.00
2003 870.00
2004 900.00
2005 950.00
2006 900.00
2007 1,000.00
2008 1,000.00
2009 1,100.00
2010 1,100.00
2011 1,200.00
2012 1,200.00
2013 1,200.00
2014 1,200.00
2015 1,200.00
2016 1,300.00
2017 1,300.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Sri Lanka was 0.078 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.130 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.078 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 0.130
2001 0.122
2002 0.116
2003 0.115
2004 0.111
2005 0.105
2006 0.111
2007 0.100
2008 0.097
2009 0.094
2010 0.089
2011 0.087
2012 0.085
2013 0.084
2014 0.082
2015 0.081
2016 0.079
2017 0.078

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health