United States - Maternal mortality ratio

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) in United States was 19.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 12.00 in 2000.

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).

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 12.00
2001 13.00
2002 13.00
2003 13.00
2004 13.00
2005 13.00
2006 14.00
2007 14.00
2008 14.00
2009 15.00
2010 15.00
2011 15.00
2012 16.00
2013 16.00
2014 16.00
2015 18.00
2016 19.00
2017 19.00

Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in United States was 19.00 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.00 in 2016 and a minimum value of 7.00 in 1986.

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births.

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
1985 8.00
1986 7.00
1987 7.00
1988 8.00
1989 8.00
1990 9.00
1991 8.00
1992 8.00
1993 8.00
1994 8.00
1995 7.00
1996 7.00
1997 8.00
1999 10.00
2000 12.00
2001 13.00
2002 13.00
2003 12.00
2004 14.00
2005 13.00
2006 13.00
2007 14.00
2008 13.00
2009 14.00
2010 15.00
2011 14.00
2014 19.00
2015 18.00
2016 19.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health