The Gambia - 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
2006 39.40

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
2006 45.50

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in The Gambia was 98.10 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 376.10 in 1960 and a minimum value of 98.10 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
1960 376.10
1961 365.90
1962 355.50
1963 346.10
1964 337.20
1965 327.10
1966 318.40
1967 310.20
1968 301.30
1969 293.20
1970 285.00
1971 277.60
1972 270.40
1973 263.30
1974 255.60
1975 249.20
1976 242.50
1977 236.00
1978 229.00
1979 222.20
1980 216.30
1981 210.20
1982 204.90
1983 199.20
1984 194.00
1985 188.90
1986 183.60
1987 178.80
1988 174.10
1989 169.60
1990 165.20
1991 160.60
1992 156.60
1993 152.70
1994 148.70
1995 144.90
1996 141.20
1997 137.70
1998 133.80
1999 130.80
2000 127.50
2001 124.30
2002 120.90
2003 118.20
2004 115.10
2005 112.10
2006 109.30
2007 106.30
2008 103.80
2009 101.10
2010 98.10

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in The Gambia was 31.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 42.00 in 1991 and a minimum value of 31.00 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 42.00
1991 42.00
1992 41.00
1993 41.00
1994 40.00
1995 39.00
1996 39.00
1997 38.00
1998 38.00
1999 37.00
2000 37.00
2001 36.00
2002 35.00
2003 35.00
2004 34.00
2005 34.00
2006 33.00
2007 33.00
2008 32.00
2009 32.00
2010 31.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in The Gambia was 244.12 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 281.07 in 1997 and a minimum value of 244.12 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 281.07
1998 278.47
1999 275.87
2000 273.27
2001 270.67
2002 268.07
2003 265.66
2004 263.25
2005 260.84
2006 258.43
2007 256.02
2008 252.05
2009 248.09
2010 244.12

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in The Gambia was 298.89 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 335.66 in 1997 and a minimum value of 298.89 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 335.66
1998 332.99
1999 330.32
2000 327.65
2001 324.97
2002 322.30
2003 319.75
2004 317.20
2005 314.64
2006 312.09
2007 309.54
2008 305.99
2009 302.44
2010 298.89

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in The Gambia was 56.90 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 153.70 in 1960 and a minimum value of 56.90 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 153.70
1961 149.70
1962 145.80
1963 142.20
1964 138.90
1965 135.10
1966 131.90
1967 128.80
1968 125.60
1969 122.60
1970 119.70
1971 117.00
1972 114.40
1973 111.90
1974 109.20
1975 106.90
1976 104.60
1977 102.30
1978 99.90
1979 97.50
1980 95.50
1981 93.40
1982 91.60
1983 89.70
1984 87.90
1985 86.20
1986 84.40
1987 82.80
1988 81.30
1989 79.80
1990 78.30
1991 76.80
1992 75.50
1993 74.20
1994 72.90
1995 71.70
1996 70.50
1997 69.40
1998 68.10
1999 67.20
2000 66.10
2001 65.10
2002 64.00
2003 63.20
2004 62.20
2005 61.20
2006 60.40
2007 59.40
2008 58.60
2009 57.80
2010 56.90

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality