Number of maternal deaths - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean
Definition: A maternal death refers to 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 but not from accidental or incidental causes.
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
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 1,300.00 | 2017 |
| 2 | Guatemala | 400.00 | 2017 |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 200.00 | 2017 |
| 4 | Honduras | 130.00 | 2017 |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 130.00 | 2017 |
| 6 | El Salvador | 54.00 | 2017 |
| 7 | Cuba | 42.00 | 2017 |
| 8 | Panama | 41.00 | 2017 |
| 9 | Jamaica | 38.00 | 2017 |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 19.00 | 2017 |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.00 | 2017 |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 5.00 | 2017 |
| 13 | The Bahamas | 4.00 | 2017 |
| 14 | Belize | 3.00 | 2017 |
| 14 | St. Lucia | 3.00 | 2017 |
| 16 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.00 | 2017 |
| 16 | Barbados | 1.00 | 2017 |
| 16 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.00 | 2017 |
| 19 | Grenada | 0.00 | 2017 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
