United Arab Emirates - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in United Arab Emirates was 3.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 4.00 in 2012, while its lowest value was 3.00 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 3.00
2001 3.00
2002 3.00
2003 3.00
2004 3.00
2005 3.00
2006 3.00
2007 3.00
2008 3.00
2009 3.00
2010 4.00
2011 4.00
2012 4.00
2013 3.00
2014 3.00
2015 3.00
2016 3.00
2017 3.00

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 United Arab Emirates was 17,900 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,900 in 2017 and a minimum value of 5,000 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 5,000
2001 5,600
2002 6,100
2003 6,600
2004 7,200
2005 7,900
2006 8,900
2007 9,900
2008 10,700
2009 11,300
2010 12,000
2011 12,800
2012 13,800
2013 14,900
2014 16,000
2015 17,000
2016 17,500
2017 17,900

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in United Arab Emirates was 0.006 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.020 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.006 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 0.020
2001 0.018
2002 0.016
2003 0.015
2004 0.014
2005 0.013
2006 0.011
2007 0.010
2008 0.009
2009 0.009
2010 0.008
2011 0.008
2012 0.007
2013 0.007
2014 0.006
2015 0.006
2016 0.006
2017 0.006

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health