Latvia - Mortality rate

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Latvia was 9.60 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.80 in 1978 and a minimum value of 9.60 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
1978 27.80
1979 26.80
1980 25.80
1981 24.80
1982 23.80
1983 22.80
1984 21.90
1985 21.00
1986 20.20
1987 19.90
1988 19.90
1989 20.10
1990 20.60
1991 21.30
1992 22.00
1993 22.70
1994 22.90
1995 22.50
1996 21.70
1997 20.70
1998 19.60
1999 18.40
2000 17.30
2001 16.10
2002 15.10
2003 14.10
2004 13.40
2005 12.60
2006 12.00
2007 11.30
2008 10.60
2009 10.10
2010 9.60

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Latvia was 5.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.00 in 1994 and a minimum value of 5.00 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 12.00
1991 13.00
1992 13.00
1993 13.00
1994 14.00
1995 13.00
1996 13.00
1997 12.00
1998 11.00
1999 11.00
2000 10.00
2001 9.00
2002 9.00
2003 8.00
2004 8.00
2005 7.00
2006 7.00
2007 6.00
2008 6.00
2009 6.00
2010 5.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Latvia was 94.26 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 166.85 in 1994 and a minimum value of 94.26 in 2009.

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 117.67
1961 112.40
1962 115.51
1963 112.61
1964 106.33
1965 105.56
1966 109.73
1967 113.05
1968 105.89
1969 107.90
1970 116.97
1971 109.51
1972 114.66
1973 116.70
1974 110.45
1975 111.28
1976 112.52
1977 116.74
1978 120.46
1979 123.06
1980 122.19
1981 124.14
1982 117.13
1983 119.04
1984 121.30
1985 120.35
1986 107.46
1987 108.83
1988 107.47
1989 117.15
1990 117.65
1991 117.19
1992 128.28
1993 149.23
1994 166.85
1995 160.88
1996 127.64
1997 122.02
1998 127.31
1999 125.86
2000 116.80
2001 119.08
2002 113.97
2003 116.44
2004 111.37
2005 111.35
2006 119.31
2007 114.39
2008 99.53
2009 94.26

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Latvia was 247.40 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 461.29 in 1994 and a minimum value of 217.24 in 1964.

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 229.76
1961 234.31
1962 236.17
1963 233.19
1964 217.24
1965 232.88
1966 230.76
1967 240.13
1968 262.81
1969 270.02
1970 258.48
1971 268.10
1972 279.09
1973 279.42
1974 288.80
1975 303.86
1976 300.04
1977 301.08
1978 309.00
1979 318.00
1980 318.99
1981 326.60
1982 310.20
1983 317.03
1984 315.84
1985 300.68
1986 261.77
1987 262.41
1988 269.24
1989 291.39
1990 309.99
1991 326.53
1992 354.51
1993 417.27
1994 461.29
1995 430.96
1996 353.87
1997 330.41
1998 343.85
1999 328.58
2000 320.80
2001 326.08
2002 319.64
2003 300.49
2004 296.65
2005 310.61
2006 317.37
2007 311.41
2008 272.72
2009 247.40

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Latvia was 8.10 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.70 in 1978 and a minimum value of 8.10 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).

See also:

Year Value
1978 20.70
1979 19.90
1980 19.20
1981 18.40
1982 17.60
1983 16.90
1984 16.20
1985 15.60
1986 15.10
1987 14.90
1988 15.00
1989 15.30
1990 15.90
1991 16.60
1992 17.50
1993 18.20
1994 18.50
1995 18.40
1996 17.70
1997 16.90
1998 15.90
1999 14.90
2000 13.90
2001 12.90
2002 12.00
2003 11.30
2004 10.70
2005 10.20
2006 9.80
2007 9.30
2008 8.90
2009 8.50
2010 8.10

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality