Uruguay - 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 Uruguay was 17.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 17.00 in 2010.

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 26.00
2001 25.00
2002 25.00
2003 23.00
2004 23.00
2005 22.00
2006 20.00
2007 20.00
2008 19.00
2009 19.00
2010 17.00
2011 17.00
2012 17.00
2013 18.00
2014 17.00
2015 18.00
2016 18.00
2017 17.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Uruguay was 17.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 42.00 in 1985 and a minimum value of 8.00 in 2012.

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 42.00
1986 25.00
1987 25.00
1988 37.00
1989 25.00
1990 16.00
1993 24.00
1994 21.00
1995 25.00
1996 20.00
1997 27.00
1998 20.00
1999 11.00
2001 17.00
2002 36.00
2003 34.00
2004 21.00
2005 18.00
2006 18.00
2007 12.00
2008 26.00
2009 14.00
2010 33.00
2011 14.00
2012 8.00
2013 10.00
2014 19.00
2015 19.00
2016 25.00
2017 19.00
2018 17.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health