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The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. The infant mortality rate of the world in 2019 was 28 according to the United Nations [4] and the projected estimate for 2020 was 30.8 according to the CIA World ...
Similarly, the number of babies who die within their first year (known as infant mortality) is also higher in Pakistan. In 2022, the infant mortality rate in Pakistan was 5.1 deaths per 100 live births, compared to the global average of 2.8 deaths per 100 live births. For such a high rate of death, there are multiple reasons behind it such as:
Crude mortality rate refers to the number of deaths over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is usually expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year. The list is based on CIA World Factbook 2023 estimates, unless indicated otherwise.
There are sectoral achievements at different levels. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in Pakistan is 54.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020, while Neonatal Mortality Rate is 40.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020 from 41.2 in 2019.Maternal Mortality Ratio is 186 maternal deaths per 100,000 births (Pakistan Economic Survey-2021)
World map of infant mortality rates in 2017. Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday. [1] The occurrence of infant mortality in a population can be described by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births. [1]
The NCHS study found that the infant mortality rate in 2022 increased for mothers aged 25-29. Mortality rates also climbed for preterm babies, male infants, and for infants born in Georgia, Iowa ...
New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that the infant mortality rate in the U.S. rose 3% from 2021 to 2022, marking the first year-to-year increase in 20 years.
According to the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, Pakistan's rates of child mortality (neonatal mortality rate: 44.2; infant mortality rate: 61.2; child under 5 mortality rate: 74.9) [10] nearly double the worldwide average (neonatal mortality rate: 18; infant mortality rate: 29.4; child under 5 mortality rate: 39.1) [11 ...