St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 1.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 2.00 in 2001, while its lowest value was 1.00 in 2002.

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 2.00
2001 2.00
2002 1.00
2003 1.00
2004 1.00
2005 1.00
2006 1.00
2007 1.00
2008 1.00
2009 1.00
2010 1.00
2011 1.00
2012 1.00
2013 1.00
2014 1.00
2015 1.00
2016 1.00
2017 1.00

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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 750.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 780.00 in 2015 and a minimum value of 480.00 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 480.00
2001 520.00
2002 570.00
2003 610.00
2004 670.00
2005 740.00
2006 720.00
2007 670.00
2008 650.00
2009 690.00
2010 740.00
2011 730.00
2012 670.00
2013 670.00
2014 720.00
2015 780.00
2016 750.00
2017 750.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 0.134 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.210 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.129 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 0.210
2001 0.191
2002 0.177
2003 0.165
2004 0.148
2005 0.135
2006 0.138
2007 0.149
2008 0.154
2009 0.144
2010 0.134
2011 0.136
2012 0.149
2013 0.149
2014 0.140
2015 0.129
2016 0.133
2017 0.134

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health