Lesotho - 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 |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 18.50 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 22.00 |
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Lesotho was 85.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 194.60 in 1960 and a minimum value of 85.00 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 | 194.60 |
| 1961 | 192.00 |
| 1962 | 189.50 |
| 1963 | 187.60 |
| 1964 | 186.30 |
| 1965 | 184.70 |
| 1966 | 183.70 |
| 1967 | 181.80 |
| 1968 | 179.40 |
| 1969 | 177.30 |
| 1970 | 174.70 |
| 1971 | 172.00 |
| 1972 | 168.50 |
| 1973 | 163.90 |
| 1974 | 157.40 |
| 1975 | 152.20 |
| 1976 | 146.80 |
| 1977 | 139.50 |
| 1978 | 133.40 |
| 1979 | 127.80 |
| 1980 | 123.20 |
| 1981 | 118.80 |
| 1982 | 115.00 |
| 1983 | 111.00 |
| 1984 | 107.20 |
| 1985 | 103.60 |
| 1986 | 100.00 |
| 1987 | 97.00 |
| 1988 | 94.00 |
| 1989 | 91.60 |
| 1990 | 89.30 |
| 1991 | 88.10 |
| 1992 | 87.90 |
| 1993 | 89.50 |
| 1994 | 93.30 |
| 1995 | 99.40 |
| 1996 | 107.10 |
| 1997 | 114.90 |
| 1998 | 121.00 |
| 1999 | 124.90 |
| 2000 | 126.80 |
| 2001 | 127.10 |
| 2002 | 126.40 |
| 2003 | 125.10 |
| 2004 | 123.30 |
| 2005 | 121.10 |
| 2006 | 117.70 |
| 2007 | 111.80 |
| 2008 | 99.10 |
| 2009 | 92.00 |
| 2010 | 85.00 |
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Lesotho was 35.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45.00 in 2003 and a minimum value of 35.00 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 | 36.00 |
| 1991 | 36.00 |
| 1992 | 36.00 |
| 1993 | 36.00 |
| 1994 | 37.00 |
| 1995 | 39.00 |
| 1996 | 41.00 |
| 1997 | 42.00 |
| 1998 | 44.00 |
| 1999 | 45.00 |
| 2000 | 45.00 |
| 2001 | 45.00 |
| 2002 | 45.00 |
| 2003 | 45.00 |
| 2004 | 44.00 |
| 2005 | 44.00 |
| 2006 | 43.00 |
| 2007 | 42.00 |
| 2008 | 39.00 |
| 2009 | 37.00 |
| 2010 | 35.00 |
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Lesotho was 613.44 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 624.17 in 2007 and a minimum value of 398.93 in 1997.
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 | 398.93 |
| 1998 | 441.56 |
| 1999 | 484.20 |
| 2000 | 526.84 |
| 2001 | 569.48 |
| 2002 | 612.11 |
| 2003 | 614.52 |
| 2004 | 616.94 |
| 2005 | 619.35 |
| 2006 | 621.76 |
| 2007 | 624.17 |
| 2008 | 620.60 |
| 2009 | 617.02 |
| 2010 | 613.44 |
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Lesotho was 577.61 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 620.55 in 2002 and a minimum value of 441.20 in 1997.
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 | 441.20 |
| 1998 | 477.07 |
| 1999 | 512.94 |
| 2000 | 548.81 |
| 2001 | 584.68 |
| 2002 | 620.55 |
| 2003 | 616.88 |
| 2004 | 613.21 |
| 2005 | 609.54 |
| 2006 | 605.88 |
| 2007 | 602.21 |
| 2008 | 594.01 |
| 2009 | 585.81 |
| 2010 | 577.61 |
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Lesotho was 64.60 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 145.60 in 1960 and a minimum value of 64.60 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 | 145.60 |
| 1961 | 143.80 |
| 1962 | 142.00 |
| 1963 | 140.80 |
| 1964 | 139.80 |
| 1965 | 138.70 |
| 1966 | 138.00 |
| 1967 | 136.70 |
| 1968 | 135.00 |
| 1969 | 133.50 |
| 1970 | 131.70 |
| 1971 | 129.80 |
| 1972 | 127.40 |
| 1973 | 124.10 |
| 1974 | 119.60 |
| 1975 | 115.90 |
| 1976 | 112.20 |
| 1977 | 107.10 |
| 1978 | 102.80 |
| 1979 | 98.90 |
| 1980 | 95.60 |
| 1981 | 92.60 |
| 1982 | 89.90 |
| 1983 | 87.20 |
| 1984 | 84.50 |
| 1985 | 82.00 |
| 1986 | 79.50 |
| 1987 | 77.40 |
| 1988 | 75.30 |
| 1989 | 73.60 |
| 1990 | 72.00 |
| 1991 | 71.10 |
| 1992 | 70.80 |
| 1993 | 71.70 |
| 1994 | 73.70 |
| 1995 | 77.00 |
| 1996 | 80.80 |
| 1997 | 84.20 |
| 1998 | 86.40 |
| 1999 | 87.40 |
| 2000 | 87.50 |
| 2001 | 87.00 |
| 2002 | 86.30 |
| 2003 | 85.60 |
| 2004 | 84.60 |
| 2005 | 83.40 |
| 2006 | 81.30 |
| 2007 | 77.50 |
| 2008 | 72.00 |
| 2009 | 67.00 |
| 2010 | 64.60 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
