Trinidad and Tobago - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Trinidad and Tobago was 12.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 15.00 in 2009, while its lowest value was 12.00 in 2017.

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 15.00
2001 15.00
2002 14.00
2003 14.00
2004 15.00
2005 15.00
2006 14.00
2007 13.00
2008 15.00
2009 15.00
2010 14.00
2011 14.00
2012 14.00
2013 14.00
2014 13.00
2015 13.00
2016 13.00
2017 12.00

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 Trinidad and Tobago was 840.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 840.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 680.00 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 680.00
2001 720.00
2002 750.00
2003 740.00
2004 730.00
2005 720.00
2006 750.00
2007 830.00
2008 740.00
2009 720.00
2010 740.00
2011 740.00
2012 750.00
2013 760.00
2014 780.00
2015 790.00
2016 810.00
2017 840.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.120 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.147 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.120 in 2017.

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 0.147
2001 0.140
2002 0.133
2003 0.135
2004 0.137
2005 0.139
2006 0.134
2007 0.121
2008 0.134
2009 0.139
2010 0.134
2011 0.136
2012 0.134
2013 0.131
2014 0.129
2015 0.127
2016 0.124
2017 0.120

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health