Maternal Mortality Ratio

Maternal Mortality Ratio

Created 31/05/2018

Updated 03/08/2021

Maternal Mortality Ratio per 100,000

The maternal mortality rate in Australia in 2018 was 5 deaths per 100,000 women giving birth.

From 2009 to 2018, there were 251 women reported to have died during pregnancy or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy and a maternal mortality rate of 6.7 deaths per 100,000 women giving birth.

Further information can be found here: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/maternal-deaths-in-australia/data

Source

This data file or API can be downloaded from:

https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/1fc85d3b-25d1-4b3c-adb5-65f58442cd16/resource/ca5a86e2-29ee-418b-854f-64007e80b453/download/2018-australiansdg-indicator-3-1-1.csv