Upper middle income - 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 Upper middle income was 41.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 41.00 in 2017.

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 67.00
2001 65.00
2002 63.00
2003 63.00
2004 61.00
2005 60.00
2006 59.00
2007 57.00
2008 54.00
2009 52.00
2010 49.00
2011 47.00
2012 45.00
2013 44.00
2014 44.00
2015 43.00
2016 42.00
2017 41.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health