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This is a list of Indian states and union territories by infant mortality rates in 2019. The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. The data is taken from the Sample Registration Survey published by the Indian Ministry of Health. [1] This rate is often used as an indicator of the level ...
The under-five mortality rate for the world is 39 deaths according to the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO). 5.3 million children under age five died in 2018, 14,722 every day. [1] [2] [3] 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 ...
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.
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] Similarly, the child mortality rate , also known as the under-five mortality rate, compares the death rate of children up to the age of five.
The figures come from the Human Development Index Report, published in 2011, by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India [5] and Sample Registration Survey (SRS) based life table 2010–14. [6] [7] The report provides life expectancy at birth based on mortality rates in years 2002–06, 2010–14, 2019, and 2019-21.
The child mortality rate (also under-five mortality rate) refers to the probability of dying between birth and exactly five years of age expressed per 1,000 live births. [3] It encompasses neonatal mortality and infant mortality (the probability of death in the first year of life). [3]
Infant mortality rate trends in India (per 1000 births, under age 1, national average) Male to female sex ratio for India, based on its official census data, from 1941 through 2011. [92] The data suggest the existence of high sex ratios before and after the arrival of ultrasound-based prenatal care and sex screening technologies in India.
Preterm birth is the most common cause of perinatal mortality, causing almost 30 percent of neonatal deaths. [7] Infant respiratory distress syndrome, in turn, is the leading cause of death in preterm infants, affecting about 1% of newborn infants. [8]