{
  "id": "maternal-mortality",
  "name": "Maternal mortality",
  "domain": "health",
  "provider": "worldbank",
  "code": "SH.STA.MMRT",
  "unit": "per 100,000 live births",
  "frequency": "Annual",
  "description": "Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.",
  "caveat": "Modeled estimate with uncertainty, not the same series as CDC reported maternal deaths.",
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT?locations=US",
  "decimals": 0,
  "observations": [
    {
      "date": "2000-01-01",
      "value": 12
    },
    {
      "date": "2001-01-01",
      "value": 13
    },
    {
      "date": "2002-01-01",
      "value": 13
    },
    {
      "date": "2003-01-01",
      "value": 13
    },
    {
      "date": "2004-01-01",
      "value": 13
    },
    {
      "date": "2005-01-01",
      "value": 13
    },
    {
      "date": "2006-01-01",
      "value": 13
    },
    {
      "date": "2007-01-01",
      "value": 13
    },
    {
      "date": "2008-01-01",
      "value": 14
    },
    {
      "date": "2009-01-01",
      "value": 15
    },
    {
      "date": "2010-01-01",
      "value": 15
    },
    {
      "date": "2011-01-01",
      "value": 15
    },
    {
      "date": "2012-01-01",
      "value": 16
    },
    {
      "date": "2013-01-01",
      "value": 16
    },
    {
      "date": "2014-01-01",
      "value": 17
    },
    {
      "date": "2015-01-01",
      "value": 17
    },
    {
      "date": "2016-01-01",
      "value": 18
    },
    {
      "date": "2017-01-01",
      "value": 18
    },
    {
      "date": "2018-01-01",
      "value": 18
    },
    {
      "date": "2019-01-01",
      "value": 18
    },
    {
      "date": "2020-01-01",
      "value": 22
    },
    {
      "date": "2021-01-01",
      "value": 31
    },
    {
      "date": "2022-01-01",
      "value": 20
    },
    {
      "date": "2023-01-01",
      "value": 17
    }
  ],
  "sourceUnits": "",
  "sourceDefinition": "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).",
  "publisher": "Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-02-2023-a-woman-dies-every-two-minutes-due-to-pregnancy-or-childbirth--un-agencies;\nUN Children's Fund (UNICEF), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality;\nUN Population Fund (UNFPA), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality;\nWorld Bank Group (WBG), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality",
  "sourceUpdated": "2026-07-13",
  "dataUrl": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT?date=2000:2026&format=json&per_page=100",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-04T09:04:46.416Z",
  "status": "available",
  "domainInfo": {
    "id": "health",
    "name": "Health & wellbeing",
    "color": "#b44569"
  }
}