Zimbabwe - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Zimbabwe was 2,100 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 2,900 in 2009, while its lowest value was 2,100 in 2016.

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 2,200
2001 2,400
2002 2,600
2003 2,700
2004 2,800
2005 2,800
2006 2,900
2007 2,900
2008 2,900
2009 2,900
2010 2,800
2011 2,600
2012 2,500
2013 2,400
2014 2,300
2015 2,200
2016 2,100
2017 2,100

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 Zimbabwe was 55.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 39.00 in 2007.

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 50.00
2001 46.00
2002 44.00
2003 43.00
2004 42.00
2005 41.00
2006 40.00
2007 39.00
2008 39.00
2009 39.00
2010 40.00
2011 41.00
2012 43.00
2013 45.00
2014 47.00
2015 50.00
2016 52.00
2017 55.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Zimbabwe was 1.82 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 2.59 in 2008, while its lowest value was 1.82 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 2.00
2001 2.16
2002 2.28
2003 2.35
2004 2.40
2005 2.45
2006 2.50
2007 2.56
2008 2.59
2009 2.58
2010 2.52
2011 2.42
2012 2.32
2013 2.22
2014 2.12
2015 2.01
2016 1.91
2017 1.82

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health