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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Togo was 24.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57.30 in 1965 and a minimum value of 24.50 in 2020.

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
1965 57.30
1966 56.90
1967 56.60
1968 56.20
1969 55.80
1970 55.30
1971 54.90
1972 54.50
1973 54.10
1974 53.60
1975 53.10
1976 52.40
1977 51.60
1978 50.80
1979 50.10
1980 49.40
1981 48.80
1982 48.30
1983 47.80
1984 47.30
1985 46.80
1986 46.20
1987 45.60
1988 45.00
1989 44.40
1990 43.80
1991 43.20
1992 42.60
1993 41.90
1994 41.30
1995 40.60
1996 39.90
1997 39.20
1998 38.40
1999 37.50
2000 36.70
2001 35.80
2002 35.00
2003 34.30
2004 33.60
2005 32.90
2006 32.20
2007 31.50
2008 30.80
2009 30.10
2010 29.50
2011 28.90
2012 28.40
2013 27.80
2014 27.40
2015 26.90
2016 26.40
2017 25.90
2018 25.40
2019 25.00
2020 24.50

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 Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.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