United Kingdom - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in United Kingdom was 52.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 84.00 in 2008, while its lowest value was 52.00 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 73.00
2001 73.00
2002 75.00
2003 77.00
2004 79.00
2005 80.00
2006 81.00
2007 82.00
2008 84.00
2009 81.00
2010 78.00
2011 74.00
2012 67.00
2013 64.00
2014 63.00
2015 60.00
2016 57.00
2017 52.00

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 Kingdom was 8,400 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,400 in 2017 and a minimum value of 5,100 in 2008.

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 5,600
2001 5,600
2002 5,500
2003 5,300
2004 5,300
2005 5,200
2006 5,200
2007 5,200
2008 5,100
2009 5,400
2010 5,600
2011 5,900
2012 6,500
2013 6,800
2014 6,900
2015 7,200
2016 7,600
2017 8,400

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in United Kingdom was 0.012 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.019 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.012 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 0.018
2001 0.018
2002 0.018
2003 0.019
2004 0.019
2005 0.019
2006 0.019
2007 0.019
2008 0.019
2009 0.019
2010 0.018
2011 0.017
2012 0.015
2013 0.015
2014 0.014
2015 0.014
2016 0.013
2017 0.012

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health