India - Mortality rate

Mortality rate, female child (per 1,000 female children age one)

Definition: Child mortality rate is the probability of dying between the exact ages of one and five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates. The probability is expressed as a rate per 1,000.

Source: Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International, Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys by UNICEF, Reproductive Health Surveys by U.S. Center for Disease Control, and Family Health Surveys by Pan Arab Project for Family Health. See footnotes for a source.

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Year Value
1993 42.10
1999 19.70
2003 36.60
2006 12.40

Mortality rate, male child (per 1,000 male children age one)

Definition: Child mortality rate is the probability of dying between the exact ages of one and five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates. The probability is expressed as a rate per 1,000.

Source: Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International, Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys by UNICEF, Reproductive Health Surveys by U.S. Center for Disease Control, and Family Health Surveys by Pan Arab Project for Family Health. See footnotes for a source.

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Year Value
1993 29.40
1999 14.60
2003 24.80
2006 9.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in India was 62.70 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 238.90 in 1960 and a minimum value of 62.70 in 2010.

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

Source: Level & Trends in Child Mortality. Report 2011. Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA, UNPD).

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Year Value
1960 238.90
1961 233.30
1962 227.40
1963 222.20
1964 217.00
1965 211.80
1966 206.50
1967 201.80
1968 196.90
1969 192.40
1970 187.80
1971 183.30
1972 179.00
1973 174.80
1974 170.80
1975 166.70
1976 162.70
1977 158.80
1978 154.70
1979 151.00
1980 147.10
1981 143.40
1982 139.90
1983 136.60
1984 133.30
1985 130.10
1986 127.00
1987 123.80
1988 120.80
1989 117.80
1990 114.80
1991 111.90
1992 108.70
1993 105.60
1994 102.60
1995 99.50
1996 96.60
1997 93.60
1998 90.90
1999 88.20
2000 85.50
2001 82.90
2002 80.50
2003 78.00
2004 75.60
2005 73.20
2006 70.90
2007 68.70
2008 66.80
2009 64.70
2010 62.70

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in India was 32.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47.00 in 1991 and a minimum value of 32.00 in 2010.

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: Level & Trends in Child Mortality. Report 2011. Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA, UNPD).

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Year Value
1990 47.00
1991 47.00
1992 46.00
1993 45.00
1994 44.00
1995 44.00
1996 43.00
1997 42.00
1998 41.00
1999 40.00
2000 40.00
2001 39.00
2002 38.00
2003 37.00
2004 37.00
2005 36.00
2006 35.00
2007 34.00
2008 34.00
2009 33.00
2010 32.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in India was 167.98 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 407.28 in 1960 and a minimum value of 167.98 in 2010.

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

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables). Available at http://esa.un.org/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm, (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Human Mortality Database. [ www.mortality.org or www.humanmortality.de].

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Year Value
1960 407.28
1970 352.67
1980 278.95
1990 241.39
1997 216.09
1998 212.27
1999 208.45
2000 204.63
2001 200.81
2002 196.98
2003 193.36
2004 189.73
2005 186.11
2006 182.48
2007 178.86
2008 175.23
2009 171.61
2010 167.98

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in India was 253.18 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 397.94 in 1960 and a minimum value of 236.47 in 1990.

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

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables). Available at http://esa.un.org/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm, (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Human Mortality Database. [ www.mortality.org or www.humanmortality.de].

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Year Value
1960 397.94
1970 324.43
1980 261.50
1990 236.47
1997 280.19
1998 278.07
1999 275.94
2000 273.82
2001 271.70
2002 269.58
2003 267.53
2004 265.48
2005 263.43
2006 261.38
2007 259.33
2008 257.28
2009 255.23
2010 253.18

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in India was 48.20 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 159.30 in 1960 and a minimum value of 48.20 in 2010.

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: Level & Trends in Child Mortality. Report 2011. Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA, UNPD).

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Year Value
1960 159.30
1961 155.60
1962 151.70
1963 148.30
1964 145.10
1965 141.80
1966 138.50
1967 135.60
1968 132.50
1969 129.70
1970 126.80
1971 123.90
1972 121.20
1973 118.70
1974 116.20
1975 113.80
1976 111.30
1977 109.00
1978 106.40
1979 104.20
1980 101.70
1981 99.40
1982 97.20
1983 95.10
1984 93.10
1985 91.00
1986 89.10
1987 87.10
1988 85.20
1989 83.30
1990 81.40
1991 79.50
1992 77.50
1993 75.50
1994 73.60
1995 71.60
1996 69.80
1997 67.90
1998 66.20
1999 64.50
2000 62.70
2001 61.10
2002 59.60
2003 58.00
2004 56.40
2005 54.90
2006 53.50
2007 52.10
2008 50.80
2009 49.50
2010 48.20

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality