Mauritania · 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 2026-09-08. 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
Mauritania1985726.2726254432.59924221040.617232
Mauritania1986711.1555729434.03788291006.924028
Mauritania1987690.5532818433.1448517971.6164465
Mauritania1988684.3319534435.5056989942.2372709
Mauritania1989702.3480427458.2690823954.3928825
Mauritania1990693.4623781466.3984568932.2321857
Mauritania1991701.150798485.5091703935.8791854
Mauritania1992689.2904182485.6009547914.9288463
Mauritania1993736.6468403529.8777258965.5424375
Mauritania1994758.8322732552.3943473985.4434935
Mauritania1995782.6928732574.70319261010.848671
Mauritania1996780.1814315578.53048061006.126137
Mauritania1997714.3221717535.4973062919.5395573
Mauritania1998666.7407523510.4119672858.9490124
Mauritania1999647.7376332500.9270158837.606687
Mauritania2000638.2230193493.9644831822.9063571
Mauritania2001627.1871713489.8170264806.5321182
Mauritania2002611.3188529480.5110514792.6069798
Mauritania2003606.97045477.551029784.0033036
Mauritania2004611.7737966479.6332833792.1346864
Mauritania2005605.1042634473.7558259782.4526967
Mauritania2006608.4672335479.4820239789.3901138
Mauritania2007623.6225502491.007548803.465432
Mauritania2008629.298728493.2873693807.5433236
Mauritania2009640.1400306500.8223455820.9384356
Mauritania2010659.184901516.6631413846.1329307
Mauritania2011673.2330219527.553421862.6662957
Mauritania2012695.6687169545.6110927887.9870876
Mauritania2013713.1236379561.0939833912.008964
Mauritania2014709.628061555.4800144909.4797572
Mauritania2015702.9208554546.5144591904.2859163
Mauritania2016696.9405474539.4670726904.2016037
Mauritania2017701.7945453537.2219398921.7321238
Mauritania2018694.4526454520.6237592924.5443766
Mauritania2019685.2847842506.4689171932.2573887
Mauritania2020678.7409812499.0229572947.4073484
Mauritania2021711.76214513.17706321026.91774
Mauritania2022654.3037336464.7279634952.7409964
Mauritania2023658.7853605454.002216969.7821815

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