Suriname - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Suriname was 13.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 25.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 13.00 in 2014.

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 25.00
2001 24.00
2002 23.00
2003 21.00
2004 19.00
2005 18.00
2006 18.00
2007 18.00
2008 18.00
2009 17.00
2010 16.00
2011 15.00
2012 15.00
2013 14.00
2014 13.00
2015 13.00
2016 13.00
2017 13.00

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 Suriname was 330.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 330.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 140.00 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 140.00
2001 150.00
2002 160.00
2003 180.00
2004 190.00
2005 210.00
2006 210.00
2007 220.00
2008 220.00
2009 230.00
2010 250.00
2011 270.00
2012 280.00
2013 300.00
2014 310.00
2015 320.00
2016 320.00
2017 330.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Suriname was 0.302 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.691 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.302 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

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Year Value
2000 0.691
2001 0.672
2002 0.627
2003 0.566
2004 0.517
2005 0.475
2006 0.468
2007 0.464
2008 0.460
2009 0.426
2010 0.393
2011 0.365
2012 0.352
2013 0.335
2014 0.320
2015 0.312
2016 0.308
2017 0.302

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health