Barbados - 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 Barbados was 27.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 27.00 in 2017.

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 50.00
2001 48.00
2002 47.00
2003 45.00
2004 43.00
2005 42.00
2006 41.00
2007 40.00
2008 39.00
2009 38.00
2010 36.00
2011 35.00
2012 34.00
2013 32.00
2014 31.00
2015 31.00
2016 30.00
2017 27.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Barbados was 32.00 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 166.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1987.

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 23.00
1987 0.00
1988 24.00
1989 166.00
1990 72.00
1991 48.00
1992 73.00
1993 25.00
1994 50.00
1995 0.00
2000 26.00
2001 0.00
2002 54.00
2003 54.00
2004 27.00
2005 0.00
2006 28.00
2007 0.00
2008 58.00
2009 0.00
2010 0.00
2011 62.00
2012 31.00
2013 32.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health