China - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in China was 156,450 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,652,450 in 1969 and a minimum value of 156,450 in 2015.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 2,652,450 |
| 1970 | 2,482,904 |
| 1971 | 2,291,862 |
| 1972 | 2,093,068 |
| 1973 | 1,886,222 |
| 1974 | 1,685,046 |
| 1975 | 1,491,211 |
| 1976 | 1,312,015 |
| 1977 | 1,150,350 |
| 1978 | 1,019,801 |
| 1979 | 925,045 |
| 1980 | 874,764 |
| 1981 | 863,623 |
| 1982 | 882,962 |
| 1983 | 924,764 |
| 1984 | 984,177 |
| 1985 | 1,055,602 |
| 1986 | 1,136,430 |
| 1987 | 1,226,854 |
| 1988 | 1,308,357 |
| 1989 | 1,343,306 |
| 1990 | 1,318,731 |
| 1991 | 1,216,711 |
| 1992 | 1,056,381 |
| 1993 | 866,425 |
| 1994 | 694,178 |
| 1995 | 569,501 |
| 1996 | 503,219 |
| 1997 | 476,164 |
| 1998 | 473,970 |
| 1999 | 477,221 |
| 2000 | 472,967 |
| 2001 | 457,841 |
| 2002 | 435,516 |
| 2003 | 410,531 |
| 2004 | 381,407 |
| 2005 | 350,485 |
| 2006 | 320,578 |
| 2007 | 289,733 |
| 2008 | 260,204 |
| 2009 | 235,968 |
| 2010 | 216,375 |
| 2011 | 201,706 |
| 2012 | 188,741 |
| 2013 | 177,504 |
| 2014 | 166,402 |
| 2015 | 156,450 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in China was 181,574 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,657,016 in 1969 and a minimum value of 181,574 in 2015.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 3,657,016 |
| 1970 | 3,445,201 |
| 1971 | 3,217,443 |
| 1972 | 2,958,047 |
| 1973 | 2,681,465 |
| 1974 | 2,401,421 |
| 1975 | 2,126,756 |
| 1976 | 1,864,667 |
| 1977 | 1,626,229 |
| 1978 | 1,430,353 |
| 1979 | 1,283,627 |
| 1980 | 1,189,177 |
| 1981 | 1,140,288 |
| 1982 | 1,137,471 |
| 1983 | 1,168,710 |
| 1984 | 1,226,284 |
| 1985 | 1,301,161 |
| 1986 | 1,395,758 |
| 1987 | 1,502,915 |
| 1988 | 1,600,823 |
| 1989 | 1,651,886 |
| 1990 | 1,633,808 |
| 1991 | 1,544,647 |
| 1992 | 1,375,893 |
| 1993 | 1,162,575 |
| 1994 | 960,972 |
| 1995 | 809,206 |
| 1996 | 700,611 |
| 1997 | 644,236 |
| 1998 | 621,642 |
| 1999 | 607,828 |
| 2000 | 585,027 |
| 2001 | 554,286 |
| 2002 | 519,912 |
| 2003 | 482,382 |
| 2004 | 443,233 |
| 2005 | 406,101 |
| 2006 | 370,640 |
| 2007 | 335,768 |
| 2008 | 303,084 |
| 2009 | 274,052 |
| 2010 | 251,554 |
| 2011 | 233,813 |
| 2012 | 219,549 |
| 2013 | 205,470 |
| 2014 | 193,048 |
| 2015 | 181,574 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in China was 93,435 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 928,027 in 1990 and a minimum value of 93,435 in 2015.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 928,027 |
| 1991 | 862,486 |
| 1992 | 752,139 |
| 1993 | 619,404 |
| 1994 | 497,373 |
| 1995 | 405,525 |
| 1996 | 354,547 |
| 1997 | 331,231 |
| 1998 | 328,961 |
| 1999 | 331,446 |
| 2000 | 331,419 |
| 2001 | 324,671 |
| 2002 | 308,734 |
| 2003 | 289,686 |
| 2004 | 265,937 |
| 2005 | 241,394 |
| 2006 | 215,710 |
| 2007 | 190,082 |
| 2008 | 166,097 |
| 2009 | 146,867 |
| 2010 | 131,241 |
| 2011 | 120,859 |
| 2012 | 113,103 |
| 2013 | 105,373 |
| 2014 | 100,075 |
| 2015 | 93,435 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
