Argentina - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Argentina was 5,719 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33,427 in 1974 and a minimum value of 5,719 in 2020.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year 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 31,880
1971 32,344
1972 32,836
1973 33,230
1974 33,427
1975 33,230
1976 32,491
1977 31,199
1978 29,435
1979 27,349
1980 25,266
1981 23,404
1982 21,798
1983 20,433
1984 19,300
1985 18,498
1986 18,075
1987 17,966
1988 18,038
1989 18,168
1990 18,201
1991 18,003
1992 17,571
1993 16,981
1994 16,286
1995 15,555
1996 14,836
1997 14,164
1998 13,557
1999 13,022
2000 12,559
2001 12,152
2002 11,779
2003 11,413
2004 11,047
2005 10,716
2006 10,454
2007 10,242
2008 10,043
2009 9,821
2010 9,554
2011 9,228
2012 8,861
2013 8,479
2014 8,102
2015 7,719
2016 7,322
2017 6,915
2018 6,503
2019 6,095
2020 5,719

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Argentina was 6,436 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39,830 in 1974 and a minimum value of 6,436 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

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
1974 39,830
1975 39,394
1976 38,302
1977 36,567
1978 34,296
1979 31,714
1980 29,167
1981 26,906
1982 24,982
1983 23,335
1984 21,968
1985 20,984
1986 20,458
1987 20,307
1988 20,374
1989 20,516
1990 20,549
1991 20,316
1992 19,811
1993 19,123
1994 18,329
1995 17,498
1996 16,679
1997 15,913
1998 15,217
1999 14,601
2000 14,067
2001 13,604
2002 13,180
2003 12,766
2004 12,353
2005 11,983
2006 11,690
2007 11,453
2008 11,229
2009 10,981
2010 10,683
2011 10,320
2012 9,912
2013 9,491
2014 9,077
2015 8,656
2016 8,219
2017 7,767
2018 7,309
2019 6,854
2020 6,436

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Argentina was 3,442 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,508 in 1975 and a minimum value of 3,442 in 2020.

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
1971 14,028
1972 14,400
1973 14,846
1974 15,275
1975 15,508
1976 15,437
1977 15,078
1978 14,601
1979 14,043
1980 13,219
1981 12,080
1982 11,108
1983 10,654
1984 11,059
1985 11,673
1986 11,939
1987 11,848
1988 11,559
1989 11,202
1990 10,888
1991 10,721
1992 10,654
1993 10,566
1994 10,344
1995 9,873
1996 9,110
1997 8,319
1998 7,851
1999 7,820
2000 7,938
2001 7,942
2002 7,773
2003 7,460
2004 7,054
2005 6,661
2006 6,375
2007 6,167
2008 5,961
2009 5,751
2010 5,618
2011 5,629
2012 5,665
2013 5,538
2014 5,221
2015 4,931
2016 4,830
2017 4,770
2018 4,503
2019 3,986
2020 3,442

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality