Papua New Guinea - Mortality rate

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Papua New Guinea was 60.80 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 201.40 in 1960 and a minimum value of 60.80 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 201.40
1961 195.60
1962 189.70
1963 184.80
1964 179.80
1965 174.50
1966 169.30
1967 164.90
1968 159.90
1969 155.50
1970 151.20
1971 147.10
1972 142.90
1973 138.90
1974 135.20
1975 131.20
1976 127.80
1977 124.00
1978 120.30
1979 116.90
1980 112.70
1981 109.90
1982 107.40
1983 104.50
1984 102.20
1985 99.90
1986 97.60
1987 95.40
1988 93.60
1989 91.80
1990 89.50
1991 88.10
1992 86.10
1993 84.30
1994 82.80
1995 81.20
1996 79.80
1997 78.00
1998 76.60
1999 75.40
2000 73.90
2001 72.40
2002 71.00
2003 69.50
2004 68.40
2005 67.20
2006 65.70
2007 64.30
2008 63.20
2009 62.10
2010 60.80

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Papua New Guinea was 23.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.00 in 1992 and a minimum value of 23.00 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 30.00
1991 30.00
1992 30.00
1993 29.00
1994 29.00
1995 28.00
1996 28.00
1997 28.00
1998 27.00
1999 27.00
2000 27.00
2001 26.00
2002 26.00
2003 26.00
2004 25.00
2005 25.00
2006 25.00
2007 24.00
2008 24.00
2009 24.00
2010 23.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Papua New Guinea was 238.53 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 301.71 in 1997 and a minimum value of 238.53 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 301.71
1998 297.64
1999 293.57
2000 289.50
2001 285.44
2002 281.37
2003 275.95
2004 270.53
2005 265.11
2006 259.69
2007 254.27
2008 249.02
2009 243.77
2010 238.53

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Papua New Guinea was 315.36 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 391.71 in 1997 and a minimum value of 315.36 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 391.71
1998 385.91
1999 380.11
2000 374.31
2001 368.51
2002 362.71
2003 356.62
2004 350.54
2005 344.45
2006 338.37
2007 332.28
2008 326.64
2009 321.00
2010 315.36

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Papua New Guinea was 46.90 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 135.30 in 1960 and a minimum value of 46.90 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 135.30
1961 131.70
1962 128.00
1963 124.90
1964 121.70
1965 118.50
1966 115.30
1967 112.70
1968 109.60
1969 106.90
1970 104.30
1971 101.70
1972 99.10
1973 96.60
1974 94.30
1975 91.70
1976 89.60
1977 87.20
1978 84.80
1979 82.70
1980 80.00
1981 78.30
1982 76.70
1983 74.80
1984 73.40
1985 71.90
1986 70.40
1987 69.00
1988 67.90
1989 66.80
1990 65.30
1991 64.40
1992 63.10
1993 62.00
1994 61.00
1995 60.00
1996 59.10
1997 58.00
1998 57.10
1999 56.30
2000 55.40
2001 54.40
2002 53.50
2003 52.60
2004 51.90
2005 51.10
2006 50.10
2007 49.20
2008 48.50
2009 47.70
2010 46.90

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality