Upper middle income - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Upper middle income was 306,529 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,828,486 in 1990 and a minimum value of 306,529 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
1990 1,828,486
1991 1,740,780
1992 1,641,110
1993 1,537,618
1994 1,439,058
1995 1,348,985
1996 1,269,594
1997 1,197,627
1998 1,129,370
1999 1,062,711
2000 996,406
2001 931,448
2002 869,167
2003 810,979
2004 758,345
2005 709,410
2006 665,715
2007 625,910
2008 589,107
2009 554,640
2010 523,332
2011 496,154
2012 471,064
2013 447,285
2014 424,535
2015 402,314
2016 384,019
2017 361,269
2018 341,983
2019 323,657
2020 306,529

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Upper middle income was 378,539 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,312,987 in 1990 and a minimum value of 378,539 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
1990 2,312,987
1991 2,204,707
1992 2,079,771
1993 1,946,398
1994 1,816,144
1995 1,695,531
1996 1,588,165
1997 1,491,509
1998 1,402,131
1999 1,316,468
2000 1,232,990
2001 1,152,469
2002 1,075,495
2003 1,003,999
2004 939,728
2005 880,878
2006 828,602
2007 778,530
2008 731,587
2009 686,745
2010 645,469
2011 609,431
2012 576,494
2013 547,413
2014 519,890
2015 493,536
2016 471,440
2017 444,487
2018 421,658
2019 399,527
2020 378,539

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Upper middle income was 190,348 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,153,656 in 1990 and a minimum value of 190,348 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
1990 1,153,656
1991 1,095,159
1992 1,031,510
1993 969,043
1994 910,211
1995 856,118
1996 807,710
1997 764,246
1998 723,722
1999 686,100
2000 649,769
2001 607,357
2002 565,643
2003 525,221
2004 486,900
2005 452,010
2006 420,728
2007 392,673
2008 367,755
2009 345,655
2010 326,166
2011 308,666
2012 292,673
2013 277,358
2014 262,420
2015 248,451
2016 237,903
2017 224,404
2018 213,089
2019 201,536
2020 190,348

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality