Definitions

Data refer to the deaths of mothers owing to deliveries and complications arising from pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium.

Concepts

Data are defined according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes: O00-O99.
Maternal death is defined as 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 (from direct or indirect obstetric death), but not from accidental or incidental causes.
Pregnancy-related death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the cause of death.
Late maternal death is defined as the death of a woman from direct or indirect obstetric causes, more than 42 days, but less than one year after termination of pregnancy.
Refer to SDG global metadata for more information..

Computational Method

(Number of maternal deaths) / (Number of live-births) x 100,000.

Disaggregation

-

Data Source

Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA)

Data Collection

Data are from the Singapore Registry of Births and Deaths report.

Time Period

1960 onwards

Frequency

Annual

SDG Global Metadata

Link to United Nations SDG global metadata

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