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Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
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Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
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.
World Bank code: SH.MMR.RISK
• Data available for 194 countries • Latest year: 2023
In ,
Belarus
led Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) at 96,213.00.
The world median across 194 reporting countries was
1,266.50.
What this measures:
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.
How "Health & Population" indicators are measured
Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.
Distribution — 2023
Reporting
194 countries
Median
1,266.50
Mean
6,176.70
25th percentile
225.00
75th percentile
7,233.00
Range
24.00 – 96,213.00
World at a Glance — 2023
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.
Highest Values — 2023
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Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
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