Belize - Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Belize was 11.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.20 in 1967 and a minimum value of 11.00 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male 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
1967 85.20
1968 82.10
1969 79.20
1970 76.20
1971 73.30
1972 70.50
1973 68.10
1974 65.80
1975 63.60
1976 61.50
1977 59.50
1978 57.70
1979 55.80
1980 54.00
1981 52.20
1982 50.40
1983 48.50
1984 46.60
1985 44.50
1986 42.50
1987 40.50
1988 38.40
1989 36.40
1990 34.40
1991 32.50
1992 30.80
1993 29.30
1994 27.90
1995 26.70
1996 25.60
1997 24.60
1998 23.60
1999 22.80
2000 22.00
2001 21.40
2002 20.80
2003 20.30
2004 20.00
2005 19.60
2006 19.30
2007 19.00
2008 18.60
2009 18.20
2010 17.70
2011 17.20
2012 16.60
2013 15.90
2014 15.20
2015 14.40
2016 13.70
2017 12.90
2018 12.20
2019 11.50
2020 11.00

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 Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.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