Sweden - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Sweden was 5.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 5.00 in 2017, while its lowest value was 5.00 in 2000.

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 5.00
2001 5.00
2002 5.00
2003 5.00
2004 5.00
2005 5.00
2006 5.00
2007 5.00
2008 5.00
2009 5.00
2010 5.00
2011 5.00
2012 5.00
2013 5.00
2014 5.00
2015 5.00
2016 5.00
2017 5.00

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 Sweden was 12,600 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,600 in 2017 and a minimum value of 10,900 in 2006.

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 11,500
2001 11,900
2002 11,400
2003 11,000
2004 11,100
2005 11,500
2006 10,900
2007 11,200
2008 11,300
2009 11,400
2010 12,300
2011 11,800
2012 11,600
2013 11,600
2014 11,700
2015 12,600
2016 12,200
2017 12,600

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Sweden was 0.008 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.009 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.008 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 0.009
2001 0.008
2002 0.009
2003 0.009
2004 0.009
2005 0.009
2006 0.009
2007 0.009
2008 0.009
2009 0.009
2010 0.008
2011 0.008
2012 0.009
2013 0.009
2014 0.009
2015 0.008
2016 0.008
2017 0.008

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health