Canada - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Canada was 1,692 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,007 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1,692 in 2020.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1960 13,007
1961 12,593
1962 12,068
1963 11,429
1964 10,699
1965 9,922
1966 9,150
1967 8,417
1968 7,747
1969 7,155
1970 6,640
1971 6,199
1972 5,820
1973 5,484
1974 5,179
1975 4,898
1976 4,635
1977 4,384
1978 4,147
1979 3,920
1980 3,708
1981 3,511
1982 3,333
1983 3,181
1984 3,056
1985 2,954
1986 2,872
1987 2,803
1988 2,741
1989 2,679
1990 2,613
1991 2,539
1992 2,453
1993 2,359
1994 2,256
1995 2,151
1996 2,045
1997 1,946
1998 1,863
1999 1,801
2000 1,760
2001 1,742
2002 1,742
2003 1,755
2004 1,776
2005 1,800
2006 1,825
2007 1,845
2008 1,860
2009 1,869
2010 1,871
2011 1,866
2012 1,855
2013 1,839
2014 1,820
2015 1,799
2016 1,777
2017 1,757
2018 1,736
2019 1,715
2020 1,692

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Canada was 1,929 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,184 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1,929 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1960 15,184
1961 14,735
1962 14,160
1963 13,460
1964 12,652
1965 11,784
1966 10,914
1967 10,078
1968 9,301
1969 8,602
1970 7,987
1971 7,453
1972 6,991
1973 6,583
1974 6,216
1975 5,880
1976 5,568
1977 5,272
1978 4,993
1979 4,728
1980 4,479
1981 4,248
1982 4,039
1983 3,859
1984 3,710
1985 3,586
1986 3,484
1987 3,398
1988 3,318
1989 3,237
1990 3,152
1991 3,060
1992 2,955
1993 2,841
1994 2,718
1995 2,591
1996 2,462
1997 2,342
1998 2,237
1999 2,156
2000 2,097
2001 2,064
2002 2,053
2003 2,056
2004 2,070
2005 2,088
2006 2,108
2007 2,126
2008 2,139
2009 2,147
2010 2,148
2011 2,142
2012 2,129
2013 2,110
2014 2,086
2015 2,061
2016 2,035
2017 2,009
2018 1,984
2019 1,958
2020 1,929

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Canada was 1,232 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,701 in 1970 and a minimum value of 1,232 in 2020.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1970 4,701
1971 4,378
1972 4,077
1973 3,775
1974 3,482
1975 3,236
1976 3,064
1977 2,932
1978 2,785
1979 2,604
1980 2,423
1981 2,274
1982 2,158
1983 2,064
1984 1,983
1985 1,908
1986 1,838
1987 1,777
1988 1,732
1989 1,705
1990 1,682
1991 1,649
1992 1,610
1993 1,573
1994 1,540
1995 1,497
1996 1,434
1997 1,363
1998 1,303
1999 1,263
2000 1,248
2001 1,259
2002 1,288
2003 1,319
2004 1,344
2005 1,362
2006 1,372
2007 1,380
2008 1,393
2009 1,411
2010 1,425
2011 1,426
2012 1,416
2013 1,402
2014 1,389
2015 1,372
2016 1,349
2017 1,321
2018 1,291
2019 1,261
2020 1,232

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality