Namibia - 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
1992 34.30
2000 20.30
2007 19.00

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
1992 29.70
2000 22.20
2007 24.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Namibia was 40.10 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 114.70 in 1969 and a minimum value of 40.10 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
1969 114.70
1970 112.80
1971 110.90
1972 109.10
1973 107.10
1974 105.20
1975 103.30
1976 101.40
1977 99.40
1978 97.50
1979 95.60
1980 93.70
1981 91.80
1982 90.00
1983 88.10
1984 86.30
1985 84.40
1986 82.30
1987 79.90
1988 77.40
1989 75.10
1990 73.10
1991 71.40
1992 70.10
1993 69.20
1994 68.70
1995 68.80
1996 69.30
1997 70.30
1998 71.50
1999 72.80
2000 73.90
2001 74.60
2002 74.50
2003 73.70
2004 71.90
2005 58.10
2006 53.90
2007 50.40
2008 46.80
2009 44.10
2010 40.10

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Namibia was 17.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.00 in 2002 and a minimum value of 17.00 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 25.00
1991 25.00
1992 25.00
1993 24.00
1994 24.00
1995 24.00
1996 24.00
1997 25.00
1998 25.00
1999 25.00
2000 26.00
2001 26.00
2002 26.00
2003 25.00
2004 25.00
2005 22.00
2006 21.00
2007 20.00
2008 19.00
2009 18.00
2010 17.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Namibia was 343.41 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 398.32 in 2002 and a minimum value of 304.02 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 304.02
1998 322.88
1999 341.74
2000 360.60
2001 379.46
2002 398.32
2003 386.64
2004 374.96
2005 363.28
2006 351.60
2007 339.93
2008 341.09
2009 342.25
2010 343.41

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Namibia was 345.17 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 425.47 in 2002 and a minimum value of 345.17 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 349.44
1998 364.65
1999 379.85
2000 395.06
2001 410.27
2002 425.47
2003 410.50
2004 395.53
2005 380.55
2006 365.58
2007 350.61
2008 348.80
2009 346.98
2010 345.17

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Namibia was 29.30 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.90 in 1969 and a minimum value of 29.30 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
1969 72.90
1970 71.90
1971 70.80
1972 69.70
1973 68.70
1974 67.60
1975 66.50
1976 65.40
1977 64.30
1978 63.20
1979 62.10
1980 61.00
1981 60.00
1982 58.90
1983 57.90
1984 56.80
1985 55.80
1986 54.60
1987 53.20
1988 51.70
1989 50.40
1990 49.30
1991 48.30
1992 47.50
1993 47.00
1994 46.70
1995 46.70
1996 46.90
1997 47.30
1998 47.80
1999 48.40
2000 48.70
2001 48.70
2002 48.30
2003 47.50
2004 45.90
2005 38.60
2006 36.30
2007 34.70
2008 33.00
2009 31.60
2010 29.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality