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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Uganda was 19.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 59.50 in 1965 and a minimum value of 19.20 in 2020.

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: 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
1965 59.50
1966 58.50
1967 57.30
1968 56.10
1969 55.00
1970 53.80
1971 52.90
1972 52.20
1973 51.80
1974 51.80
1975 51.90
1976 52.20
1977 52.60
1978 53.00
1979 53.20
1980 52.90
1981 52.20
1982 51.00
1983 49.50
1984 47.90
1985 46.20
1986 44.60
1987 43.10
1988 41.80
1989 40.50
1990 39.30
1991 38.00
1992 37.00
1993 36.00
1994 35.40
1995 35.00
1996 34.60
1997 34.20
1998 33.70
1999 33.10
2000 32.30
2001 31.40
2002 30.50
2003 29.50
2004 28.70
2005 27.90
2006 27.30
2007 26.70
2008 26.10
2009 25.50
2010 25.00
2011 24.50
2012 24.00
2013 23.40
2014 22.70
2015 22.10
2016 21.50
2017 20.80
2018 20.30
2019 19.80
2020 19.20

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 Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.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