Switzerland - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Switzerland was 4.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 5.00 in 2016, while its lowest value was 4.00 in 2017.

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 4.00

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 Switzerland was 13,900 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,900 in 2017 and a minimum value of 9,300 in 2002.

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 9,400
2001 9,600
2002 9,300
2003 10,200
2004 10,500
2005 10,000
2006 10,500
2007 11,200
2008 11,300
2009 11,700
2010 11,000
2011 10,900
2012 11,700
2013 11,700
2014 12,300
2015 12,400
2016 12,200
2017 13,900

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Switzerland was 0.007 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.011 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.007 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 0.011
2001 0.010
2002 0.011
2003 0.010
2004 0.010
2005 0.010
2006 0.010
2007 0.009
2008 0.009
2009 0.009
2010 0.009
2011 0.009
2012 0.009
2013 0.009
2014 0.008
2015 0.008
2016 0.008
2017 0.007

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health