Vanuatu - Mortality rate

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Vanuatu was 13.90 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 160.10 in 1960 and a minimum value of 13.90 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
1960 160.10
1961 153.80
1962 146.70
1963 140.60
1964 134.00
1965 128.00
1966 122.00
1967 116.50
1968 112.30
1969 106.50
1970 102.40
1971 97.80
1972 93.80
1973 89.70
1974 85.60
1975 82.30
1976 79.50
1977 76.20
1978 73.00
1979 68.80
1980 65.10
1981 61.60
1982 58.60
1983 55.40
1984 52.70
1985 49.60
1986 47.20
1987 45.20
1988 42.70
1989 40.40
1990 38.60
1991 36.70
1992 34.80
1993 32.90
1994 31.20
1995 29.70
1996 28.20
1997 26.90
1998 25.60
1999 24.30
2000 23.20
2001 21.80
2002 20.80
2003 19.90
2004 18.80
2005 17.80
2006 16.80
2007 16.10
2008 15.30
2009 14.50
2010 13.90

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Vanuatu was 7.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.00 in 1991 and a minimum value of 7.00 in 2009.

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 16.00
1991 16.00
1992 15.00
1993 15.00
1994 14.00
1995 13.00
1996 13.00
1997 12.00
1998 12.00
1999 11.00
2000 11.00
2001 10.00
2002 10.00
2003 10.00
2004 9.00
2005 9.00
2006 8.00
2007 8.00
2008 8.00
2009 7.00
2010 7.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Vanuatu was 119.23 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 170.74 in 1997 and a minimum value of 119.23 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 170.74
1998 166.22
1999 161.71
2000 157.19
2001 152.68
2002 148.16
2003 144.30
2004 140.43
2005 136.57
2006 132.71
2007 128.84
2008 125.64
2009 122.44
2010 119.23

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Vanuatu was 168.02 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 216.99 in 1997 and a minimum value of 168.02 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 216.99
1998 212.77
1999 208.55
2000 204.33
2001 200.11
2002 195.90
2003 192.29
2004 188.68
2005 185.08
2006 181.47
2007 177.87
2008 174.59
2009 171.31
2010 168.02

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Vanuatu was 12.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 109.80 in 1960 and a minimum value of 12.00 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 109.80
1961 105.90
1962 101.50
1963 97.70
1964 93.50
1965 89.70
1966 85.90
1967 82.40
1968 79.80
1969 76.10
1970 73.50
1971 70.60
1972 68.00
1973 65.40
1974 62.80
1975 60.70
1976 58.90
1977 56.80
1978 54.80
1979 52.10
1980 49.70
1981 47.40
1982 45.40
1983 43.20
1984 41.40
1985 39.20
1986 37.50
1987 36.10
1988 34.40
1989 32.70
1990 31.40
1991 30.00
1992 28.60
1993 27.20
1994 25.90
1995 24.80
1996 23.60
1997 22.60
1998 21.60
1999 20.60
2000 19.70
2001 18.60
2002 17.80
2003 17.00
2004 16.10
2005 15.30
2006 14.40
2007 13.80
2008 13.20
2009 12.50
2010 12.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality