Trinidad and Tobago - 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 Trinidad and Tobago was 67.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 81.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 65.00 in 2007.

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 81.00
2001 78.00
2002 74.00
2003 75.00
2004 76.00
2005 76.00
2006 73.00
2007 65.00
2008 72.00
2009 74.00
2010 71.00
2011 72.00
2012 71.00
2013 70.00
2014 69.00
2015 68.00
2016 68.00
2017 67.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Trinidad and Tobago was 30.00 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 89.00 in 1987 and a minimum value of 26.00 in 2002.

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
1985 45.00
1986 60.00
1987 89.00
1988 61.00
1989 75.00
1990 51.00
1991 46.00
1992 61.00
1993 64.00
1994 71.00
1995 64.00
1996 36.00
1997 68.00
1998 42.00
1999 37.00
2000 53.00
2001 37.00
2002 26.00
2003 26.00
2004 46.00
2005 31.00
2006 60.00
2007 30.00
2008 55.00
2009 40.00
2010 64.00
2011 30.00
2012 30.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health