Dominica - Mortality rate

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Dominica was 35.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 138.30 in 1960 and a minimum value of 15.80 in 1994.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified 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
1960 138.30
1961 125.80
1962 114.50
1963 104.20
1964 94.90
1965 86.40
1966 78.70
1967 71.70
1968 65.40
1969 59.70
1970 54.50
1971 49.80
1972 45.60
1973 41.80
1974 38.40
1975 35.40
1976 32.70
1977 30.20
1978 28.10
1979 31.40
1980 24.50
1981 23.10
1982 21.80
1983 20.70
1984 19.70
1985 18.90
1986 18.20
1987 17.60
1988 17.10
1989 16.70
1990 16.40
1991 16.10
1992 16.00
1993 15.90
1994 15.80
1995 15.90
1996 15.90
1997 16.10
1998 16.30
1999 16.60
2000 16.90
2001 17.30
2002 17.80
2003 18.40
2004 19.00
2005 19.70
2006 20.50
2007 21.40
2008 22.30
2009 23.40
2010 24.60
2011 25.80
2012 27.10
2013 28.40
2014 29.80
2015 31.10
2016 32.40
2017 33.50
2018 34.40
2019 35.00
2020 35.40

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in Dominica was 35.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 134.20 in 1960 and a minimum value of 14.60 in 1993.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified 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
1960 134.20
1961 122.00
1962 110.80
1963 100.80
1964 91.50
1965 83.20
1966 75.60
1967 68.70
1968 62.50
1969 56.90
1970 51.70
1971 47.10
1972 43.00
1973 39.30
1974 36.00
1975 33.10
1976 30.50
1977 28.10
1978 26.10
1979 29.40
1980 22.70
1981 21.30
1982 20.10
1983 19.00
1984 18.20
1985 17.40
1986 16.80
1987 16.20
1988 15.80
1989 15.40
1990 15.10
1991 14.90
1992 14.70
1993 14.60
1994 14.60
1995 14.60
1996 14.70
1997 14.80
1998 15.00
1999 15.30
2000 15.60
2001 15.90
2002 16.40
2003 16.90
2004 17.50
2005 18.10
2006 18.80
2007 19.60
2008 20.50
2009 21.50
2010 22.60
2011 23.70
2012 24.90
2013 26.20
2014 27.50
2015 28.90
2016 30.30
2017 31.60
2018 32.80
2019 34.00
2020 35.20

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in Dominica was 40.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 142.20 in 1960 and a minimum value of 17.00 in 1994.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified 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
1960 142.20
1961 129.60
1962 118.00
1963 107.60
1964 98.10
1965 89.50
1966 81.60
1967 74.50
1968 68.10
1969 62.30
1970 57.10
1971 52.30
1972 48.00
1973 44.20
1974 40.70
1975 37.50
1976 34.70
1977 32.20
1978 30.00
1979 33.20
1980 26.30
1981 24.80
1982 23.40
1983 22.30
1984 21.20
1985 20.30
1986 19.60
1987 19.00
1988 18.40
1989 18.00
1990 17.60
1991 17.40
1992 17.20
1993 17.10
1994 17.00
1995 17.00
1996 17.10
1997 17.30
1998 17.50
1999 17.80
2000 18.20
2001 18.60
2002 19.20
2003 19.80
2004 20.50
2005 21.20
2006 22.10
2007 23.00
2008 24.10
2009 25.20
2010 26.40
2011 27.80
2012 29.20
2013 30.60
2014 32.20
2015 33.70
2016 35.30
2017 36.80
2018 38.30
2019 39.60
2020 40.80

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Dominica was 30.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of 10.30 in 1990.

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
1969 19.40
1970 18.40
1971 17.60
1972 16.90
1973 16.30
1974 16.00
1975 15.70
1976 15.20
1977 14.80
1978 14.30
1979 13.90
1980 13.30
1981 12.90
1982 12.40
1983 12.00
1984 11.60
1985 11.30
1986 11.00
1987 10.80
1988 10.60
1989 10.40
1990 10.30
1991 10.30
1992 10.30
1993 10.40
1994 10.60
1995 10.90
1996 11.30
1997 11.70
1998 12.10
1999 12.50
2000 12.90
2001 13.30
2002 13.80
2003 14.40
2004 14.90
2005 15.60
2006 16.20
2007 17.00
2008 17.80
2009 18.70
2010 19.60
2011 20.70
2012 21.70
2013 22.80
2014 23.90
2015 25.00
2016 26.10
2017 27.20
2018 28.30
2019 29.20
2020 30.00

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

Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1990 113.32
2000 105.00

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

Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1990 154.18
2000 183.00

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Dominica was 29.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 11.80 in 1991.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female 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
1960 80.00
1961 73.60
1962 67.60
1963 62.10
1964 57.00
1965 52.40
1966 48.20
1967 44.30
1968 40.70
1969 37.50
1970 34.40
1971 31.70
1972 29.30
1973 27.00
1974 25.00
1975 23.20
1976 21.50
1977 20.10
1978 18.80
1979 19.60
1980 16.60
1981 15.80
1982 15.00
1983 14.40
1984 13.80
1985 13.30
1986 12.90
1987 12.60
1988 12.30
1989 12.10
1990 11.90
1991 11.80
1992 11.80
1993 11.80
1994 11.80
1995 11.90
1996 12.00
1997 12.20
1998 12.40
1999 12.70
2000 13.00
2001 13.40
2002 13.80
2003 14.30
2004 14.80
2005 15.40
2006 16.10
2007 16.90
2008 17.70
2009 18.60
2010 19.60
2011 20.70
2012 21.80
2013 23.00
2014 24.20
2015 25.40
2016 26.50
2017 27.50
2018 28.30
2019 28.90
2020 29.30

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Dominica was 31.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 84.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 12.70 in 1992.

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: 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
1960 84.00
1961 77.30
1962 71.10
1963 65.50
1964 60.20
1965 55.40
1966 51.00
1967 47.00
1968 43.20
1969 39.80
1970 36.70
1971 33.90
1972 31.40
1973 29.00
1974 26.90
1975 25.00
1976 23.20
1977 21.70
1978 20.30
1979 21.00
1980 18.00
1981 17.10
1982 16.30
1983 15.50
1984 14.90
1985 14.40
1986 14.00
1987 13.60
1988 13.30
1989 13.10
1990 12.90
1991 12.80
1992 12.70
1993 12.70
1994 12.80
1995 12.80
1996 13.00
1997 13.20
1998 13.40
1999 13.70
2000 14.10
2001 14.50
2002 14.90
2003 15.50
2004 16.10
2005 16.80
2006 17.50
2007 18.30
2008 19.20
2009 20.20
2010 21.30
2011 22.50
2012 23.70
2013 25.00
2014 26.20
2015 27.50
2016 28.70
2017 29.70
2018 30.60
2019 31.20
2020 31.70

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Dominica was 34.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87.80 in 1960 and a minimum value of 13.60 in 1992.

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
1960 87.80
1961 80.90
1962 74.50
1963 68.70
1964 63.30
1965 58.30
1966 53.70
1967 49.50
1968 45.60
1969 42.10
1970 38.90
1971 36.00
1972 33.30
1973 30.90
1974 28.70
1975 26.70
1976 24.90
1977 23.20
1978 21.80
1979 22.40
1980 19.30
1981 18.30
1982 17.40
1983 16.70
1984 16.00
1985 15.40
1986 15.00
1987 14.60
1988 14.30
1989 14.00
1990 13.80
1991 13.70
1992 13.60
1993 13.60
1994 13.70
1995 13.80
1996 13.90
1997 14.10
1998 14.40
1999 14.70
2000 15.10
2001 15.50
2002 16.10
2003 16.60
2004 17.30
2005 18.00
2006 18.80
2007 19.70
2008 20.70
2009 21.70
2010 22.90
2011 24.10
2012 25.40
2013 26.80
2014 28.20
2015 29.50
2016 30.70
2017 31.90
2018 32.80
2019 33.60
2020 34.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality