Nigeria - Mortality rate

Mortality rate, female child (per 1,000 female children age one)

The value for Mortality rate, female child (per 1,000 female children age one) in Nigeria was 93.00 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 122.50 in 2003 and a minimum value of 51.00 in 1986.

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
1986 51.00
1990 101.50
1999 69.00
2003 122.50
2007 56.50
2008 93.00

Mortality rate, male child (per 1,000 male children age one)

The value for Mortality rate, male child (per 1,000 male children age one) in Nigeria was 91.00 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 119.60 in 2003 and a minimum value of 57.30 in 2007.

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
1986 58.00
1990 117.60
1999 65.90
2003 119.60
2007 57.30
2008 91.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Nigeria was 142.90 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 283.00 in 1963 and a minimum value of 142.90 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
1963 283.00
1964 276.20
1965 271.80
1966 268.10
1967 263.40
1968 259.60
1969 255.30
1970 251.00
1971 247.30
1972 243.90
1973 240.40
1974 237.20
1975 233.50
1976 229.90
1977 226.40
1978 223.20
1979 219.60
1980 216.40
1981 213.50
1982 212.30
1983 210.40
1984 210.10
1985 209.80
1986 209.90
1987 210.30
1988 211.00
1989 212.10
1990 212.60
1991 213.00
1992 213.00
1993 212.20
1994 210.80
1995 207.60
1996 204.00
1997 199.80
1998 195.30
1999 190.80
2000 186.00
2001 181.60
2002 177.20
2003 172.80
2004 168.10
2005 163.50
2006 159.10
2007 154.60
2008 151.00
2009 146.70
2010 142.90

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Nigeria was 40.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.00 in 1995 and a minimum value of 40.00 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 49.00
1991 49.00
1992 49.00
1993 49.00
1994 49.00
1995 49.00
1996 48.00
1997 48.00
1998 47.00
1999 47.00
2000 46.00
2001 46.00
2002 45.00
2003 44.00
2004 44.00
2005 43.00
2006 42.00
2007 42.00
2008 41.00
2009 41.00
2010 40.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Nigeria was 364.71 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 406.14 in 1997 and a minimum value of 364.71 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 406.14
1998 405.68
1999 405.22
2000 404.76
2001 404.30
2002 403.84
2003 399.43
2004 395.02
2005 390.61
2006 386.20
2007 381.79
2008 376.10
2009 370.41
2010 364.71

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Nigeria was 392.97 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 448.70 in 1997 and a minimum value of 392.97 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 448.70
1998 446.60
1999 444.50
2000 442.40
2001 440.30
2002 438.20
2003 432.67
2004 427.14
2005 421.60
2006 416.07
2007 410.54
2008 404.69
2009 398.83
2010 392.97

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Nigeria was 88.40 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 167.80 in 1963 and a minimum value of 88.40 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
1963 167.80
1964 163.60
1965 160.90
1966 158.70
1967 155.90
1968 153.60
1969 151.00
1970 148.40
1971 146.20
1972 144.20
1973 142.10
1974 140.20
1975 138.00
1976 135.80
1977 133.80
1978 131.90
1979 129.90
1980 128.10
1981 126.50
1982 125.80
1983 124.80
1984 124.60
1985 124.50
1986 124.50
1987 124.70
1988 125.10
1989 125.70
1990 126.00
1991 126.20
1992 126.20
1993 125.80
1994 125.00
1995 123.30
1996 121.30
1997 119.00
1998 116.50
1999 114.10
2000 111.50
2001 109.10
2002 106.80
2003 104.50
2004 102.00
2005 99.50
2006 97.20
2007 94.70
2008 92.80
2009 90.40
2010 88.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality