Puerto Rico - 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 Puerto Rico was 21.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.00 in 2001 and a minimum value of 19.00 in 2012.

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 26.00
2001 26.00
2002 24.00
2003 23.00
2004 25.00
2005 23.00
2006 23.00
2007 23.00
2008 23.00
2009 23.00
2010 21.00
2011 22.00
2012 19.00
2013 20.00
2014 21.00
2015 20.00
2016 20.00
2017 21.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Puerto Rico was 22.00 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.00 in 2015 and a minimum value of 3.00 in 2012.

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.

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
1985 13.00
1986 16.00
1987 18.00
1988 18.00
1989 21.00
1990 21.00
1991 21.00
1992 23.00
1993 15.00
1994 8.00
1995 15.00
1996 19.00
1997 23.00
1998 14.00
1999 18.00
2000 26.00
2001 11.00
2002 10.00
2003 14.00
2004 22.00
2005 10.00
2006 8.00
2007 23.00
2008 13.00
2009 23.00
2010 14.00
2011 12.00
2012 3.00
2013 6.00
2014 9.00
2015 37.00
2016 22.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health