St. Lucia - Mortality rate

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in St. Lucia was 15.90 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67.20 in 1969 and a minimum value of 15.90 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
1969 67.20
1970 63.00
1971 59.00
1972 55.70
1973 52.30
1974 49.40
1975 46.20
1976 43.70
1977 41.00
1978 38.60
1979 36.30
1980 34.20
1981 32.20
1982 30.20
1983 28.70
1984 27.60
1985 26.60
1986 25.80
1987 24.90
1988 24.10
1989 23.30
1990 22.50
1991 21.70
1992 20.90
1993 20.20
1994 19.80
1995 19.40
1996 19.10
1997 18.90
1998 18.70
1999 18.40
2000 18.10
2001 17.90
2002 17.70
2003 17.40
2004 17.10
2005 17.00
2006 16.70
2007 16.50
2008 16.20
2009 16.10
2010 15.90

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in St. Lucia was 10.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.00 in 1990 and a minimum value of 10.00 in 2002.

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 13.00
1991 12.00
1992 12.00
1993 12.00
1994 12.00
1995 11.00
1996 11.00
1997 11.00
1998 11.00
1999 11.00
2000 11.00
2001 11.00
2002 10.00
2003 10.00
2004 10.00
2005 10.00
2006 10.00
2007 10.00
2008 10.00
2009 10.00
2010 10.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in St. Lucia was 101.35 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 156.08 in 1997 and a minimum value of 101.35 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
1990 143.87
1997 156.08
1998 154.17
1999 152.25
2000 150.34
2001 148.43
2002 146.51
2003 140.87
2004 135.22
2005 129.58
2006 123.93
2007 118.29
2008 112.64
2009 107.00
2010 101.35

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in St. Lucia was 152.54 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 205.43 in 1990 and a minimum value of 152.54 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
1990 205.43
1997 183.75
1998 180.74
1999 177.74
2000 174.74
2001 171.73
2002 168.73
2003 166.71
2004 164.68
2005 162.66
2006 160.64
2007 158.61
2008 156.59
2009 154.56
2010 152.54

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in St. Lucia was 14.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.20 in 1969 and a minimum value of 14.00 in 2009.

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 50.20
1970 47.40
1971 44.60
1972 42.40
1973 40.00
1974 37.80
1975 35.80
1976 33.80
1977 32.00
1978 30.30
1979 28.60
1980 27.00
1981 25.50
1982 24.20
1983 23.00
1984 22.20
1985 21.40
1986 20.80
1987 20.10
1988 19.40
1989 18.70
1990 17.90
1991 17.20
1992 16.70
1993 16.20
1994 15.80
1995 15.60
1996 15.50
1997 15.40
1998 15.30
1999 15.10
2000 15.00
2001 14.90
2002 14.80
2003 14.60
2004 14.50
2005 14.40
2006 14.30
2007 14.30
2008 14.10
2009 14.00
2010 14.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality