Zambia - Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Zambia was 15,671 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,158 in 2000 and a minimum value of 7,473 in 1970.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

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
1970 7,473
1971 7,642
1972 7,797
1973 7,951
1974 8,117
1975 8,305
1976 8,554
1977 8,831
1978 9,131
1979 9,452
1980 9,779
1981 10,112
1982 10,459
1983 10,836
1984 11,257
1985 11,689
1986 12,103
1987 12,488
1988 12,821
1989 13,065
1990 13,240
1991 13,397
1992 13,580
1993 13,777
1994 14,042
1995 14,381
1996 14,816
1997 15,242
1998 15,659
1999 15,988
2000 16,158
2001 16,057
2002 15,737
2003 15,320
2004 14,894
2005 14,535
2006 14,331
2007 14,292
2008 14,345
2009 14,472
2010 14,622
2011 14,752
2012 14,875
2013 14,978
2014 15,103
2015 15,207
2016 15,343
2017 15,443
2018 15,518
2019 15,594
2020 15,671

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality