St. Lucia - 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 St. Lucia was 117.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 117.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 82.00 in 2006.

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 86.00
2001 86.00
2002 90.00
2003 92.00
2004 89.00
2005 83.00
2006 82.00
2007 87.00
2008 93.00
2009 100.00
2010 109.00
2011 116.00
2012 116.00
2013 108.00
2014 104.00
2015 115.00
2016 117.00
2017 117.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in St. Lucia was 90.00 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 163.00 in 2004 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1988.

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
1986 25.00
1987 25.00
1988 0.00
1989 25.00
1990 51.00
1991 52.00
1992 0.00
1993 27.00
1994 0.00
1995 0.00
1996 29.00
1997 0.00
1998 0.00
1999 33.00
2000 103.00
2001 36.00
2002 38.00
2003 158.00
2004 163.00
2005 84.00
2006 43.00
2008 44.00
2009 0.00
2010 133.00
2011 44.00
2012 45.00
2013 45.00
2014 90.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health