St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 17.19
2010 15.35
2015 13.90
2019 13.11

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 6.11
2010 7.63
2015 7.22
2019 7.79

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 76.70
2010 77.02
2015 78.88
2019 79.10

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 18.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 23.40 in 2000, while its lowest value was 16.90 in 2009.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 23.40
2001 22.10
2002 21.90
2003 20.70
2004 20.20
2005 19.50
2006 19.30
2007 18.50
2008 17.70
2009 16.90
2010 17.90
2011 18.50
2012 18.80
2013 19.30
2014 19.40
2015 19.40
2016 19.20
2017 19.30
2018 18.40
2019 18.40

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 22.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 26.00 in 2002, while its lowest value was 19.10 in 2007.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 25.30
2001 25.00
2002 26.00
2003 24.30
2004 24.50
2005 22.60
2006 21.30
2007 19.10
2008 19.30
2009 19.10
2010 21.10
2011 22.40
2012 24.00
2013 25.00
2014 25.50
2015 25.10
2016 24.30
2017 23.90
2018 23.20
2019 22.80

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 20.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 24.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 18.10 in 2009.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 24.30
2001 23.50
2002 23.90
2003 22.50
2004 22.40
2005 21.00
2006 20.30
2007 18.80
2008 18.50
2009 18.10
2010 19.50
2011 20.50
2012 21.50
2013 22.30
2014 22.60
2015 22.30
2016 21.90
2017 21.70
2018 20.90
2019 20.70

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 40.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 56.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 47.60

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 0.000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.400 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2002.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.100
2001 0.100
2002 0.000
2003 0.100
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.300
2010 0.400
2011 0.300
2012 0.300
2013 0.300
2014 0.400
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 0.000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.800 in 2010 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2001.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.100
2001 0.000
2002 0.000
2003 0.100
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.700
2010 0.800
2011 0.700
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 0.000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2002.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.100
2001 0.100
2002 0.000
2003 0.100
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.500
2013 0.500
2014 0.700
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 0.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.00 in 2012 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.50
2001 1.10
2002 1.30
2003 1.10
2004 1.20
2005 2.20
2006 1.30
2007 1.10
2008 0.50
2009 0.60
2010 0.60
2011 2.10
2012 4.00
2013 1.00
2014 0.50
2015 0.80
2016 0.70
2017 0.00
2018 0.60
2019 0.60

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 1.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.50 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 10.90
2001 9.30
2002 11.70
2003 10.40
2004 9.00
2005 17.50
2006 10.90
2007 15.60
2008 7.80
2009 4.50
2010 5.30
2011 8.90
2012 6.80
2013 6.60
2014 2.30
2015 5.60
2016 0.60
2017 0.00
2018 1.40
2019 1.30

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 1.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.90 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 5.70
2001 5.20
2002 6.60
2003 5.80
2004 5.10
2005 9.90
2006 6.20
2007 8.40
2008 4.20
2009 2.60
2010 3.00
2011 5.60
2012 5.40
2013 3.90
2014 1.40
2015 3.30
2016 0.70
2017 0.00
2018 1.00
2019 1.00

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 7.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.90 in 2006 and a minimum value of 3.70 in 2010.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 4.60
2001 5.60
2002 4.60
2003 10.20
2004 7.40
2005 8.30
2006 12.90
2007 8.20
2008 5.50
2009 7.80
2010 3.70
2011 3.70
2012 5.50
2013 8.30
2014 6.40
2015 6.40
2016 6.40
2017 6.90
2018 7.10
2019 7.40

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 1.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors