Mauritania - 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
2001 43.00
2004 48.00
2007 44.20

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
2001 49.00
2004 50.00
2007 53.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Mauritania was 111.20 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 263.80 in 1960 and a minimum value of 111.20 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 263.80
1961 259.40
1962 256.20
1963 252.20
1964 247.90
1965 244.10
1966 238.30
1967 234.00
1968 229.10
1969 223.50
1970 217.50
1971 211.10
1972 204.90
1973 198.30
1974 192.10
1975 186.10
1976 180.40
1977 174.30
1978 168.00
1979 161.90
1980 156.00
1981 151.20
1982 147.00
1983 143.20
1984 140.40
1985 137.60
1986 134.40
1987 131.50
1988 129.10
1989 126.20
1990 124.10
1991 122.70
1992 121.50
1993 120.40
1994 119.30
1995 118.60
1996 118.20
1997 117.50
1998 116.80
1999 116.00
2000 115.60
2001 115.20
2002 114.40
2003 114.20
2004 113.80
2005 113.50
2006 113.50
2007 112.70
2008 112.40
2009 111.50
2010 111.20

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Mauritania was 39.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 42.00 in 1990 and a minimum value of 39.00 in 2007.

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 42.00
1991 41.00
1992 41.00
1993 41.00
1994 41.00
1995 41.00
1996 40.00
1997 40.00
1998 40.00
1999 40.00
2000 40.00
2001 40.00
2002 40.00
2003 40.00
2004 40.00
2005 40.00
2006 40.00
2007 39.00
2008 39.00
2009 39.00
2010 39.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Mauritania was 219.75 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 238.61 in 1997 and a minimum value of 219.75 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 238.61
1998 237.62
1999 236.62
2000 235.63
2001 234.64
2002 233.65
2003 232.79
2004 231.93
2005 231.08
2006 230.22
2007 229.37
2008 226.16
2009 222.95
2010 219.75

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Mauritania was 289.55 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 308.38 in 1997 and a minimum value of 289.55 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 308.38
1998 307.25
1999 306.13
2000 305.00
2001 303.87
2002 302.74
2003 302.00
2004 301.27
2005 300.54
2006 299.80
2007 299.07
2008 295.89
2009 292.72
2010 289.55

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Mauritania was 75.30 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 138.40 in 1960 and a minimum value of 75.30 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 138.40
1961 136.50
1962 135.10
1963 133.30
1964 131.50
1965 129.80
1966 127.30
1967 125.50
1968 123.40
1969 121.00
1970 118.40
1971 115.70
1972 113.10
1973 110.40
1974 107.80
1975 105.30
1976 102.90
1977 100.40
1978 97.90
1979 95.40
1980 93.00
1981 91.10
1982 89.40
1983 87.90
1984 86.80
1985 85.60
1986 84.40
1987 83.20
1988 82.30
1989 81.10
1990 80.30
1991 79.80
1992 79.30
1993 78.80
1994 78.40
1995 78.10
1996 78.00
1997 77.70
1998 77.40
1999 77.10
2000 77.00
2001 76.80
2002 76.50
2003 76.40
2004 76.30
2005 76.20
2006 76.20
2007 75.80
2008 75.70
2009 75.40
2010 75.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality