Puerto Rico - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Puerto Rico was 5.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 14.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 5.00 in 2017.

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 14.00
2001 13.00
2002 13.00
2003 12.00
2004 12.00
2005 11.00
2006 11.00
2007 11.00
2008 10.00
2009 10.00
2010 9.00
2011 9.00
2012 7.00
2013 7.00
2014 7.00
2015 6.00
2016 6.00
2017 5.00

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 Puerto Rico was 4,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 1,900 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 1,900
2001 2,000
2002 2,200
2003 2,300
2004 2,200
2005 2,400
2006 2,500
2007 2,500
2008 2,500
2009 2,600
2010 3,000
2011 2,900
2012 3,600
2013 3,600
2014 3,600
2015 3,900
2016 4,000
2017 4,000

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Puerto Rico was 0.025 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.051 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.025 in 2016.

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 0.051
2001 0.049
2002 0.046
2003 0.044
2004 0.046
2005 0.042
2006 0.041
2007 0.040
2008 0.040
2009 0.038
2010 0.034
2011 0.034
2012 0.028
2013 0.028
2014 0.028
2015 0.025
2016 0.025
2017 0.025

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health