Trinidad and Tobago - 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 12.81
2010 8.47
2015 7.10
2019 6.98

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 7.85
2010 11.60
2015 10.54
2019 10.36

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 79.34
2010 79.93
2015 82.37
2019 82.66

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 Trinidad and Tobago was 14.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 25.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 14.00 in 2019.

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 23.60
2002 22.20
2003 22.60
2004 22.00
2005 20.80
2006 19.90
2007 20.50
2008 19.60
2009 18.50
2010 18.60
2011 17.40
2012 17.00
2013 16.90
2014 16.40
2015 16.00
2016 15.60
2017 15.10
2018 14.50
2019 14.00

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 Trinidad and Tobago was 20.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 32.40 in 2000, while its lowest value was 20.30 in 2019.

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 32.40
2001 32.30
2002 31.00
2003 30.50
2004 30.90
2005 29.80
2006 27.40
2007 25.70
2008 27.70
2009 25.00
2010 25.30
2011 25.00
2012 23.30
2013 23.90
2014 23.30
2015 22.70
2016 22.20
2017 21.50
2018 20.80
2019 20.30

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 Trinidad and Tobago was 17.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 28.70 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.10 in 2019.

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 28.70
2001 27.80
2002 26.50
2003 26.50
2004 26.40
2005 25.20
2006 23.60
2007 23.00
2008 23.60
2009 21.70
2010 21.90
2011 21.20
2012 20.10
2013 20.30
2014 19.80
2015 19.30
2016 18.80
2017 18.20
2018 17.60
2019 17.10

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 30.00

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 49.00

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 38.60

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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.200 in 2008 and a minimum value of 0.100 in 2003.

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 0.200
2001 0.200
2002 0.200
2003 0.100
2004 0.100
2005 0.100
2006 0.100
2007 0.100
2008 0.200
2009 0.100
2010 0.100
2011 0.100
2012 0.100
2013 0.100
2014 0.100
2015 0.100
2016 0.100
2017 0.100
2018 0.100
2019 0.100

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 Trinidad and Tobago was 0.100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.100 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.100 in 2000.

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 0.100
2002 0.100
2003 0.100
2004 0.100
2005 0.100
2006 0.100
2007 0.100
2008 0.100
2009 0.100
2010 0.100
2011 0.100
2012 0.100
2013 0.100
2014 0.100
2015 0.100
2016 0.100
2017 0.100
2018 0.100
2019 0.100

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 Trinidad and Tobago was 0.100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.300 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.100 in 2012.

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 0.300
2001 0.300
2002 0.300
2003 0.200
2004 0.200
2005 0.200
2006 0.200
2007 0.200
2008 0.200
2009 0.200
2010 0.200
2011 0.200
2012 0.100
2013 0.200
2014 0.200
2015 0.200
2016 0.200
2017 0.200
2018 0.100
2019 0.100

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

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Trinidad and Tobago was 3.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.80 in 2001 and a minimum value of 3.60 in 2019.

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 6.70
2001 6.80
2002 5.70
2003 5.30
2004 4.80
2005 4.90
2006 4.60
2007 3.90
2008 4.90
2009 4.30
2010 4.80
2011 4.10
2012 4.90
2013 4.60
2014 4.40
2015 4.30
2016 4.20
2017 4.10
2018 3.70
2019 3.60

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

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Trinidad and Tobago was 13.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.00 in 2001 and a minimum value of 13.90 in 2019.

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 26.00
2001 26.00
2002 25.00
2003 21.60
2004 21.50
2005 20.60
2006 18.20
2007 18.60
2008 22.70
2009 18.20
2010 18.10
2011 15.90
2012 14.20
2013 17.30
2014 16.80
2015 16.20
2016 15.60
2017 15.10
2018 14.30
2019 13.90

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Trinidad and Tobago was 8.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.30 in 2001 and a minimum value of 8.70 in 2019.

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 16.30
2001 16.30
2002 15.30
2003 13.40
2004 13.10
2005 12.70
2006 11.30
2007 11.20
2008 13.70
2009 11.20
2010 11.30
2011 9.90
2012 9.50
2013 10.90
2014 10.50
2015 10.20
2016 9.80
2017 9.50
2018 9.00
2019 8.70

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

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Trinidad and Tobago was 9.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.80 in 2008 and a minimum value of 9.30 in 2019.

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 13.60
2001 16.10
2002 15.00
2003 20.30
2004 17.90
2005 19.20
2006 20.10
2007 21.00
2008 24.80
2009 22.10
2010 20.20
2011 15.90
2012 17.80
2013 14.00
2014 14.80
2015 13.10
2016 12.00
2017 11.10
2018 10.20
2019 9.30

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 0.100

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors