Jamaica - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Jamaica was 38.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 44.00 in 2001, while its lowest value was 38.00 in 2013.

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

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Year Value
2000 44.00
2001 44.00
2002 43.00
2003 42.00
2004 42.00
2005 42.00
2006 41.00
2007 41.00
2008 40.00
2009 40.00
2010 39.00
2011 39.00
2012 39.00
2013 38.00
2014 38.00
2015 38.00
2016 38.00
2017 38.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)

The value for Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) in Jamaica was 600.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 600.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 460.00 in 2000.

Definition: Life time risk of maternal death is the probability that a 15-year-old female will die eventually from a maternal cause assuming that current levels of fertility and mortality (including maternal mortality) do not change in the future, taking into account competing causes of death.

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 460.00
2001 470.00
2002 480.00
2003 490.00
2004 500.00
2005 500.00
2006 520.00
2007 530.00
2008 540.00
2009 550.00
2010 560.00
2011 570.00
2012 570.00
2013 580.00
2014 600.00
2015 600.00
2016 600.00
2017 600.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Jamaica was 0.168 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.217 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.166 in 2015.

Definition: Life time risk of maternal death is the probability that a 15-year-old female will die eventually from a maternal cause assuming that current levels of fertility and mortality (including maternal mortality) do not change in the future, taking into account competing causes of death.

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:

Year Value
2000 0.217
2001 0.214
2002 0.206
2003 0.203
2004 0.201
2005 0.198
2006 0.192
2007 0.189
2008 0.186
2009 0.183
2010 0.179
2011 0.177
2012 0.174
2013 0.171
2014 0.167
2015 0.166
2016 0.167
2017 0.168

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health