Lao PDR · Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)

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Unit: deaths. Publisher measure: Number of maternal deaths.

Estimated annual number of maternal deaths during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days after termination of pregnancy, from causes related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management; accidental and incidental causes are excluded.

Measurement basis: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) Bayesian model estimates disseminated by WHO; counts, not maternal mortality ratios.

Reference-period cadence: annual.

Source update cadence: every 3–5 years. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.

  • Modelled annual number of maternal deaths, not deaths per live births. Pregnancy-related deaths extend through 42 days after termination; accidental and incidental causes are excluded.
  • Numeric estimates and both uncertainty endpoints preserve source precision. A rounded publisher display of 0 can represent a positive estimate; it is not converted to zero.
  • Reference years are annual, while WHO describes dissemination every 3–5 years. The interval confidence level and official observation publication vintage are not established by this capture.

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A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.

World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-10-01. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.

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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 39 rows

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Reported estimates and independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Lao PDR19851615.2788781069.1633892341.752932—
Lao PDR19861597.9270551080.8466792286.28866—
Lao PDR19871582.1694761096.8896242233.645554—
Lao PDR19881566.0455531108.4529462184.212044—
Lao PDR19891528.4808871103.778982123.878041—
Lao PDR19901527.1421521108.6133232094.198826—
Lao PDR19911493.9185751082.5337292030.891659—
Lao PDR19921486.3275861082.8740842008.250478—
Lao PDR19931451.5468261064.4967181956.441973—
Lao PDR19941426.1931281045.8775051909.582411—
Lao PDR19951344.301446992.09380141815.093787—
Lao PDR19961281.825207952.91268261743.805076—
Lao PDR19971230.758607915.4248841664.794335—
Lao PDR19981190.89948892.65474951613.702344—
Lao PDR19991164.617311878.76906291563.505094—
Lao PDR20001088.415403823.94558341452.028056—
Lao PDR20011017.038732775.91233861356.851244—
Lao PDR2002962.8947653735.62016261285.725051—
Lao PDR2003915.8559193704.02630361216.965303—
Lao PDR2004856.2752766662.18139511130.369666—
Lao PDR2005774.4980783598.49756331018.205982—
Lao PDR2006730.3012973568.5938343960.3103019—
Lao PDR2007684.5900634531.6364073899.2189261—
Lao PDR2008641.9335308499.5449878848.6749306—
Lao PDR2009578.8496293448.2045166768.7786025—
Lao PDR2010524.6527268404.3782266702.0302241—
Lao PDR2011460.010123352.1927167624.336275—
Lao PDR2012410.9082127312.4153793562.8354721—
Lao PDR2013364.8970497274.6351224507.2919335—
Lao PDR2014323.7522261242.2129583453.2425319—
Lao PDR2015305.0140964223.6335934434.1782312—
Lao PDR2016279.7768486203.7946563406.8998566—
Lao PDR2017260.0704303188.0171402385.6823825—
Lao PDR2018243.5564941173.1916966367.4861383—
Lao PDR2019228.7855247160.8183049351.0429242—
Lao PDR2020219.3553792146.1882774349.4217766—
Lao PDR2021229.1976464149.8519626375.2688077—
Lao PDR2022196.6595646125.8851582325.7208909—
Lao PDR2023182.8549519122.4039861297.5207107—

One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.