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3.1.1a Maternal mortality ratio

3.1.1a Maternal mortality ratio (Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births)

Country 2014
Jamaica 108.1

Source: Maternal Mortality Surveillance Data
Data Producing Entities/ Custodian: National Surveillance Unit, Ministry of Health

 
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3.1.1a Maternal mortality ratio in the Sustainable Development Goals

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3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality. Major progress has been made on increasing access to clean water and sanitation, reducing malaria, tuberculosis, polio and the spread of HIV/AIDS. However, many more efforts are needed to fully eradicate a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues.

Related 3.1.1a Maternal mortality ratio Targets

3.1

By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births