West Bank and Gaza - 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 West Bank and Gaza was 27.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 70.00 in 2002 and a minimum value of 27.00 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 70.00
2001 69.00
2002 70.00
2003 66.00
2004 64.00
2005 59.00
2006 58.00
2007 56.00
2008 53.00
2009 50.00
2010 45.00
2011 42.00
2012 40.00
2013 36.00
2014 37.00
2015 32.00
2016 29.00
2017 27.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in West Bank and Gaza was 14.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 8 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56.00 in 2010 and a minimum value of 14.00 in 2018.

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
2010 56.00
2011 48.00
2012 52.00
2013 41.00
2014 43.00
2015 36.00
2016 31.00
2017 34.00
2018 14.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health