High income - Mortality rate

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in High income was 4.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.40 in 1990 and a minimum value of 4.90 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

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
1990 12.40
1991 11.90
1992 11.30
1993 10.70
1994 10.20
1995 9.60
1996 9.20
1997 8.80
1998 8.40
1999 8.10
2000 7.80
2001 7.60
2002 7.40
2003 7.20
2004 7.00
2005 6.80
2006 6.60
2007 6.40
2008 6.30
2009 6.10
2010 5.90
2011 5.80
2012 5.60
2013 5.50
2014 5.40
2015 5.30
2016 5.20
2017 5.10
2018 5.00
2019 5.00
2020 4.90

Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in High income was 4.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.20 in 1990 and a minimum value of 4.50 in 2019.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

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
1990 11.20
1991 10.70
1992 10.20
1993 9.70
1994 9.20
1995 8.70
1996 8.30
1997 7.90
1998 7.60
1999 7.40
2000 7.10
2001 6.90
2002 6.70
2003 6.50
2004 6.30
2005 6.20
2006 6.00
2007 5.90
2008 5.70
2009 5.50
2010 5.40
2011 5.30
2012 5.10
2013 5.00
2014 4.90
2015 4.80
2016 4.80
2017 4.70
2018 4.60
2019 4.50
2020 4.50

Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in High income was 5.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.60 in 1990 and a minimum value of 5.30 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

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 13.60
1991 13.00
1992 12.30
1993 11.70
1994 11.10
1995 10.50
1996 10.00
1997 9.50
1998 9.10
1999 8.80
2000 8.50
2001 8.20
2002 8.00
2003 7.80
2004 7.60
2005 7.40
2006 7.20
2007 7.00
2008 6.80
2009 6.60
2010 6.40
2011 6.20
2012 6.10
2013 5.90
2014 5.80
2015 5.70
2016 5.60
2017 5.50
2018 5.50
2019 5.40
2020 5.30

Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in High income was 2.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.30 in 1990 and a minimum value of 2.70 in 2020.

Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

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
1990 6.30
1991 6.00
1992 5.80
1993 5.60
1994 5.30
1995 5.10
1996 4.80
1997 4.60
1998 4.50
1999 4.30
2000 4.20
2001 4.10
2002 4.00
2003 3.90
2004 3.80
2005 3.70
2006 3.60
2007 3.50
2008 3.40
2009 3.30
2010 3.20
2011 3.20
2012 3.10
2013 3.10
2014 3.00
2015 3.00
2016 2.90
2017 2.90
2018 2.80
2019 2.80
2020 2.70

Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in High income was 59.64 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 130.03 in 1960 and a minimum value of 56.71 in 2018.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 130.03
1961 126.32
1962 126.63
1963 125.29
1964 122.19
1965 121.33
1966 119.72
1967 117.86
1968 118.20
1969 118.22
1970 116.24
1971 113.92
1972 112.14
1973 110.43
1974 107.15
1975 104.73
1976 102.45
1977 99.71
1978 98.14
1979 95.71
1980 94.71
1981 92.39
1982 90.00
1983 89.23
1984 87.31
1985 86.32
1986 84.66
1987 83.34
1988 82.19
1989 80.84
1990 79.05
1991 78.25
1992 76.59
1993 76.24
1994 75.03
1995 74.59
1996 72.62
1997 70.97
1998 69.71
1999 69.17
2000 68.16
2001 67.43
2002 66.47
2003 65.95
2004 64.31
2005 63.89
2006 62.89
2007 61.98
2008 61.26
2009 60.75
2010 59.21
2011 59.46
2012 58.07
2013 57.62
2014 57.25
2015 57.24
2016 57.33
2017 56.73
2018 56.71
2019 59.64

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in High income was 107.23 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 217.83 in 1960 and a minimum value of 101.78 in 2018.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 217.83
1961 214.39
1962 216.07
1963 215.77
1964 211.94
1965 211.91
1966 210.85
1967 209.45
1968 210.74
1969 212.15
1970 208.82
1971 206.72
1972 204.99
1973 203.05
1974 198.77
1975 196.51
1976 194.12
1977 191.14
1978 189.34
1979 186.70
1980 185.52
1981 181.59
1982 177.19
1983 176.13
1984 173.50
1985 171.60
1986 169.01
1987 165.99
1988 164.21
1989 162.87
1990 160.83
1991 159.71
1992 157.11
1993 155.47
1994 153.05
1995 151.24
1996 145.62
1997 140.46
1998 137.80
1999 136.16
2000 132.99
2001 130.89
2002 128.87
2003 127.41
2004 123.79
2005 123.04
2006 120.87
2007 118.54
2008 116.10
2009 113.78
2010 110.79
2011 109.14
2012 106.48
2013 104.71
2014 103.00
2015 103.12
2016 102.88
2017 101.93
2018 101.78
2019 107.23

Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in High income was 3.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.20 in 1990 and a minimum value of 3.80 in 2019.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.

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 9.20
1991 8.80
1992 8.40
1993 8.00
1994 7.60
1995 7.30
1996 6.90
1997 6.60
1998 6.40
1999 6.10
2000 5.90
2001 5.70
2002 5.60
2003 5.40
2004 5.30
2005 5.20
2006 5.00
2007 4.90
2008 4.80
2009 4.70
2010 4.50
2011 4.40
2012 4.30
2013 4.20
2014 4.20
2015 4.10
2016 4.00
2017 4.00
2018 3.90
2019 3.80
2020 3.80

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in High income was 4.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.30 in 1990 and a minimum value of 4.10 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

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 10.30
1991 9.90
1992 9.40
1993 8.90
1994 8.40
1995 8.00
1996 7.60
1997 7.30
1998 7.00
1999 6.70
2000 6.50
2001 6.30
2002 6.10
2003 6.00
2004 5.80
2005 5.70
2006 5.50
2007 5.40
2008 5.20
2009 5.10
2010 5.00
2011 4.80
2012 4.70
2013 4.60
2014 4.50
2015 4.50
2016 4.40
2017 4.30
2018 4.30
2019 4.20
2020 4.10

Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in High income was 4.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.40 in 1990 and a minimum value of 4.50 in 2019.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.

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 11.40
1991 10.80
1992 10.30
1993 9.70
1994 9.20
1995 8.70
1996 8.30
1997 7.90
1998 7.60
1999 7.30
2000 7.10
2001 6.90
2002 6.70
2003 6.50
2004 6.30
2005 6.20
2006 6.00
2007 5.80
2008 5.70
2009 5.50
2010 5.40
2011 5.20
2012 5.10
2013 5.00
2014 4.90
2015 4.80
2016 4.70
2017 4.70
2018 4.60
2019 4.50
2020 4.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality