Kenya - 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
1989 33.20
1993 32.60
1998 38.40
2003 38.90
2009 25.00

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
1989 35.40
1993 32.80
1998 35.90
2003 41.50
2009 27.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Kenya was 84.70 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 201.40 in 1960 and a minimum value of 84.70 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 201.40
1961 195.40
1962 189.70
1963 184.20
1964 179.00
1965 173.50
1966 168.40
1967 163.40
1968 158.70
1969 154.80
1970 151.30
1971 147.80
1972 144.10
1973 139.40
1974 134.80
1975 129.80
1976 124.70
1977 119.80
1978 115.70
1979 111.50
1980 107.90
1981 105.00
1982 102.70
1983 100.60
1984 98.70
1985 96.90
1986 95.40
1987 95.20
1988 95.70
1989 97.10
1990 99.40
1991 102.70
1992 105.40
1993 108.30
1994 111.60
1995 114.20
1996 116.30
1997 117.20
1998 116.40
1999 114.00
2000 111.10
2001 108.10
2002 105.30
2003 102.70
2004 100.10
2005 97.50
2006 94.60
2007 92.10
2008 89.30
2009 87.00
2010 84.70

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Kenya was 28.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.00 in 1999 and a minimum value of 28.00 in 2009.

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 31.00
1991 31.00
1992 32.00
1993 33.00
1994 33.00
1995 34.00
1996 34.00
1997 34.00
1998 34.00
1999 34.00
2000 33.00
2001 32.00
2002 32.00
2003 31.00
2004 31.00
2005 30.00
2006 30.00
2007 29.00
2008 29.00
2009 28.00
2010 28.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Kenya was 358.26 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 441.45 in 2002 and a minimum value of 358.26 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
1997 375.72
1998 388.86
1999 402.01
2000 415.16
2001 428.31
2002 441.45
2003 430.76
2004 420.07
2005 409.37
2006 398.68
2007 387.99
2008 378.08
2009 368.17
2010 358.26

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Kenya was 379.71 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 473.07 in 2002 and a minimum value of 379.71 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
1997 425.23
1998 434.80
1999 444.37
2000 453.94
2001 463.50
2002 473.07
2003 460.50
2004 447.93
2005 435.36
2006 422.79
2007 410.22
2008 400.05
2009 389.88
2010 379.71

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Kenya was 55.10 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 119.90 in 1960 and a minimum value of 55.10 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 119.90
1961 116.70
1962 113.70
1963 110.80
1964 108.00
1965 105.10
1966 102.40
1967 99.70
1968 97.20
1969 95.00
1970 93.20
1971 91.20
1972 89.20
1973 86.60
1974 84.10
1975 81.40
1976 78.50
1977 75.80
1978 73.50
1979 71.10
1980 69.10
1981 67.50
1982 66.10
1983 65.00
1984 63.90
1985 62.90
1986 62.00
1987 61.90
1988 62.30
1989 63.00
1990 64.30
1991 66.10
1992 67.60
1993 69.10
1994 70.70
1995 71.80
1996 72.60
1997 72.70
1998 71.80
1999 70.20
2000 68.60
2001 66.90
2002 65.50
2003 64.20
2004 62.80
2005 61.40
2006 60.00
2007 58.80
2008 57.30
2009 56.30
2010 55.10

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality