Jamaica - 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 Jamaica was 80.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 77.00 in 2000.

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 77.00
2001 79.00
2002 78.00
2003 79.00
2004 80.00
2005 80.00
2006 79.00
2007 79.00
2008 79.00
2009 79.00
2010 79.00
2011 79.00
2012 79.00
2013 79.00
2014 78.00
2015 78.00
2016 80.00
2017 80.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Jamaica was 74.00 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 126.00 in 2009 and a minimum value of 35.00 in 2013.

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
1987 88.00
1994 66.00
1995 88.00
1996 75.00
1999 79.00
2000 63.00
2001 85.00
2002 79.00
2003 90.00
2004 72.00
2005 68.00
2006 95.00
2007 79.00
2008 76.00
2009 126.00
2010 62.00
2011 90.00
2012 77.00
2013 35.00
2014 74.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health