Caribbean small states - Maternal mortality ratio

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Caribbean small states was 88.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 112.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 88.00 in 2017.

Definition: 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).

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019

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Year Value
2000 112.00
2001 109.00
2002 109.00
2003 107.00
2004 105.00
2005 103.00
2006 101.00
2007 98.00
2008 97.00
2009 96.00
2010 93.00
2011 93.00
2012 93.00
2013 91.00
2014 89.00
2015 89.00
2016 89.00
2017 88.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health