Zimbabwe - 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 Zimbabwe was 458.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 686.00 in 2004 and a minimum value of 458.00 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 579.00
2001 629.00
2002 666.00
2003 680.00
2004 686.00
2005 685.00
2006 680.00
2007 671.00
2008 657.00
2009 632.00
2010 598.00
2011 557.00
2012 528.00
2013 509.00
2014 494.00
2015 480.00
2016 468.00
2017 458.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health