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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Niger was 45.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 137.10 in 1974 and a minimum value of 45.60 in 2020.

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: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1967 128.70
1968 130.10
1969 131.50
1970 133.20
1971 134.70
1972 135.90
1973 136.80
1974 137.10
1975 136.80
1976 135.90
1977 134.40
1978 132.80
1979 131.20
1980 130.40
1981 130.20
1982 130.80
1983 132.10
1984 133.70
1985 135.20
1986 136.20
1987 136.50
1988 136.00
1989 134.90
1990 133.10
1991 130.80
1992 127.80
1993 124.20
1994 120.00
1995 115.50
1996 111.00
1997 107.00
1998 103.50
1999 100.20
2000 97.00
2001 93.70
2002 90.10
2003 86.20
2004 82.30
2005 78.50
2006 74.80
2007 71.30
2008 67.90
2009 64.80
2010 61.90
2011 59.30
2012 57.00
2013 55.00
2014 53.40
2015 51.80
2016 50.40
2017 49.10
2018 47.90
2019 46.70
2020 45.60

Development Relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries.

Limitations and Exceptions: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Estimates of neonatal, infant, and child mortality tend to vary by source and method for a given time and place. Years for available estimates also vary by country, making comparisons across countries and over time difficult. To make neonatal, infant, and child mortality estimates comparable and to ensure consistency across estimates by different agencies, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), which comprises the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the United Nations Population Division, and other universities and research institutes, developed and adopted a statistical method that uses all available information to reconcile differences. The method uses statistical models to obtain a best estimate trend line by fitting a country-specific regression model of mortality rates against their reference dates.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development ac

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality