Maternal and Child Health in Cuba

Unless otherwise noted, data from National Health Statistics and Medical Registries Division, Ministry of Public Health: 2013 Annual Health Statistics. Available from: http://files.sld.cu/dne/files/2013/04/anuario_2013.pdf

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GENERAL INDICATORS, 2013

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LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS, SELECTED YEARS

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CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MORTALITY BY AGE GROUP, 2013

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CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MORTALITY BY AGE GROUP AND PROVINCE, 2013

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INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1970–2013

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VACCINE COVERAGE IN INFANTS AGED <1 YEAR BY VACCINE TYPE, 2000–2013

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CANCER INCIDENCE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, 2010

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PREVALENCE (%) OF DIABETES, HYPERTENSION AND ASTHMA IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE BY AGE GROUP AND SEX, 2013

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WOMEN SCREENED FOR CERVICAL CANCER BY AGE GROUP, 2013 GROUP, 2013

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INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS, SELECTED MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS

Publication Dates

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Jan-Mar 2015

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[1] a
per 1000 live births

[2] b
per 1000 children in age group

[3] c
Causes for groups aged 10–14 and 15–19 years not ranked separately

Indicator
Total population	11,210,064
Total live births	125,880
Live births in health institutions	125,753
Crude birth rate per 1000 population	11.2
Reproductive-age women (15–49 years)	2,879,885
% of female population of reproductive-age	25.7
% of children surviving to age 5 years	99.4
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births (direct and indirect)	38.9

Year	n	% of births
1985	14,693	8.2
1990	14,260	7.6
1995	11,737	7.9
2000	8814	6.1
2005	6574	5.4
2010	6847	5.4
2013	6369	5.1

Age group (years)	Overall mortality rate	First cause of death
<1	4.2a	Perinatal conditions
1–4	0.4b	Unintentional injuries
5–14	0.2b	Unintentional injuries
10–19c	0.4b	Unintentional injuries
15–19c	1.3b	—

Province	Age group
	<7 days	7–27 days	28 days–11 months	<1 year	1–4 years	5–14 years
	Deaths (rate/1000 live births)			Deaths (age-specif c rate/1000)
Pinar del Río	4 (0.6)	7 (1.1)	14 (2.2)	25 (3.9)	7 (0.3)	13 (0.2)
Artemisa	15 (2.6)	9 (1.6)	7 (1.2)	31 (5.4)	8 (0.4)	7 (0.1)
Havana	29 (1.4)	11 (0.5)	28 (1.4)	68 (3.4)	27 (0.4)	42 (0.2)
Mayabeque	15 (3.7)	4 (1.0)	5 (1.2)	24 (5.9)	9 (0.6)	11 (0.3)
Matanzas	17 (2.3)	4 (0.5)	15 (2.0)	36 (4.8)	14 (0.5)	20 (0.3)
Villa Clara	17 (2.1)	7 (0.9)	7 (0.9)	31 (3.9)	7 (0.2)	15 (0.2)
Cienfuegos	10 (2.3)	4 (0.9)	5 (1.1)	19 (4.4)	7 (0.4)	5 (0.1)
Sancti Spíritus	8 (1.6)	4 (0.8)	4 (0.8)	16 (3.2)	9 (0.5)	5 (0.1)
Ciego de Avila	5 (1.0)	4 (0.8)	8 (1.6)	17 (3.4)	8 (0.4)	11 (0.2)
Camagüey	15 (1.7)	7 (0.8)	27 (3.1)	49 (5.7)	19 (0.6)	15 (0.2)
Las Tunas	9 (1.5)	5 (0.8)	11 (1.8)	25 (4.0)	9 (0.4)	8 (0.1)
Holguín	12 (1.0)	8 (0.7)	19 (1.6)	39 (3.3)	21 (0.4)	31 (0.2)
Granma	15 (1.4)	6 (0.6)	14 (1.3)	35 (3.2)	13 (0.3)	24 (0.2)
Santiago de Cuba	23 (1.6)	21 (1.5)	34 (2.4)	78 (5.5)	27 (0.5)	34 (0.3)
Guantánamo	8 (1.1)	5 (0.7)	17 (2.4)	30 (4.3)	10 (0.4)	10 (0.1)
Isle of Youth Special Municipality	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.0)	2 (2.0)	1 (0.2)	0 (0.0)
Total	203 (1.6)	106 (0.8)	216 (1.7)	525 (4.2)	196 (0.4)	251 (0.2)

Year	Infant mortality ratea	Maternal mortality ratiob
1970	38.7	70.4
1971	36.5	67.6
1972	28.8	52.0
1973	29.6	55.3
1974	29.3	58.1
1975	27.5	68.4
1976	23.3	47.5
1977	24.9	49.1
1978	22.4	45.2
1979	19.4	52.9
1980	19.6	59.9
1981	18.5	51.4
1982	17.3	55.7
1983	16.8	45.4
1984	15.0	46.3
1985	16.5	46.1
1986	13.6	52.4
1987	13.3	49.0
1988	11.9	38.8
1989	11.1	37.9
1990	10.7	41.8
1991	10.7	46.0
1992	10.2	45.1
1993	9.4	36.8
1994	9.9	57.0
1995	9.4	47.6
1996	7.9	36.4
1997	7.2	38.6
1998	7.1	39.1
1999	6.5	43.8
2000	7.2	40.4
2001	6.2	33.9
2002	6.5	41.1
2003	6.3	39.5
2004	5.8	38.5
2005	6.2	51.4
2006	5.3	49.4
2007	5.3	31.1
2008	4.7	46.5
2009	4.8	46.9
2010	4.5	43.1
2011	4.9	40.6
2012	4.6	33.4
2013	4.2c	38.9

Saúde Pública

Saúde Pública

Maternal and Child Health in Cuba

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Disease (Vaccine)	Coverage (%)
Polio (OPV)	99.2
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP and its combinations)	100.0
Measles/mumps/rubella (MMR)	100.0
Meningococcal disease (meningococcal B)	100.0
Hepatitis B (HB)	100.0
H. influenzae (HiB)	100.0
Tuberculosis (BCG)	99.7

Age group (years)	n	Rate/1,000,000
<1	6	49.2
1–4	81	174.0
5–9	90	129.9
10–14	96	136.6
15–19	110	134.1

Age group (years)	n	Rate/1000 women
25–29	133,427	368.0
30–34	91,931	294.7
35–39	108,225	240.7
≥40	432,239	155.0
Total	765,822	195.8

Indicator	Region
Indicator	Cuba	Latin America and the Caribbean	Least developed countries	World
Life expectancy (female as % of male)	105	109	104	106
Adult literacy (female as % of male)	100	99	75	90
Contraception prevalence (%) 2008–2012	74	75	35	55*
≥1 Antenatal care visit (%) 2008–2012	100	96	74	83
Total fertility rate (births per woman) 2012	1.5	2.2	4.4	2.5
Births with skilled attendant (%) 2008–2012	100	91	46	68
Institutional delivery (%) 2008–2012	100	90	43	63
Low birth weight infants (%) 2008–2012	5	9	13	15
Under-5 mortality (per 1000 LB) 2012	6	19	85	48
Infant mortality (per 1000 LB) 2012	4	16	58	35
Neonatal mortality (per 1000 LB) 2012	3	10	30	21
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in:) 2010	1000	520	52	180

Age Group (years)	Diabetes Hypertension						Asthma
Age Group (years)	M	F	Total	M	F	Total	M	F	Total
<1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.1	5.7	5.9
1–4	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	84.0	75.5	79.9
5–9	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	151.7	134.2	143.2
10–14	1.3	1.5	1.4	2.0	1.5	1.7	160.6	142.0	151.6
15–19	6.0	6.7	6.3	29.1	29.1	29.1	191.0	175.9	183.6