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Infant mortality rate is the probability of dying before the age of 1 year. It is computed as the number of infant deaths during a given time period divided by the number of live births during the same time period multiplied by 1,000.
Description
The infant mortality rate (IMR) is an estimate of the number of infant deaths out of 1,000 live births. It is a useful indicator of the health status of a given population. It reflects the level of education, economic development and the accessibility and quality of health care in a country.
In the past 20 years, the infant mortality rate has decreased in all regions of the world. From 1990 to 2011, the average global IMR has decreased from 36 to 17. The infant mortality rate shows an inverse relationship with a country’s income. Low income countries have the highest IMR with an average of 63, while high income countries have an IMR of 5. The highest rates of infant death are seen in the African Region at 68 and are lowest in the European Region at 11.
In the US, the top 5 leading causes of infant mortality include congenital malformations, low birth weight and preterm births, Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), maternal complications of pregnancy and accidents. In developing countries, the most common causes of neonatal death are preterm birth, birth asphyxia and infections. After the neonatal period, the main causes of mortality are pneumonia, diarrhea, measles, malaria and HIV/AIDS. Malnutrition is an underlying cause in up to 50% of these deaths.
Citations:
1) World Health Organization. Global Health Observatory: Infant mortality. http://www.who.int/gho/urbanhealth/outcomes/infantmortality_text/en/
2) World Health Organization. World Health Statistics 2013. http://www.who.int/gho/publications/worldhealthstatistics/ENWHS2013Full.pdf
3) Heisler EJ. The US infant mortality rate: international comparisons, underlying factors, and federal programs. 2012. https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41378.pdf
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 192.5 | 2005 | |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 165.96 | 2005 | |
| 3 | Mozambique | 137.08 | 2005 | |
| 4 | Liberia | 130.51 | 2005 | |
| 5 | Niger | 122.66 | 2005 | |
| 6 | Mali | 117.99 | 2005 | |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 108.72 | 2005 | |
| 8 | Djibouti | 105.54 | 2005 | |
| 9 | Malawi | 104.23 | 2005 | |
| 10 | Bhutan | 102.56 | 2005 | |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 102.12 | 2005 | |
| 12 | Rwanda | 101.68 | 2005 | |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 98.67 | 2005 | |
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 97.1 | 2005 | |
| 15 | Chad | 94.78 | 2005 | |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 94.69 | 2005 | |
| 17 | Congo, Republic of the | 93.86 | 2005 | |
| South Asia average (profile) | 93.04 | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Central African Republic | 92.15 | 2005 | |
| 19 | Guinea | 91.82 | 2005 | |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 87.08 | 2005 | |
| 21 | Laos | 87.06 | 2005 | |
| 22 | Benin | 85.88 | 2005 | |
| 23 | Lesotho | 85.22 | 2005 | |
| 24 | Azerbaijan | 82.07 | 2005 | |
| 25 | Madagascar | 78.52 | 2005 | |
| 26 | Comoros | 77.22 | 2005 | |
| 27 | Eritrea | 75.59 | 2005 | |
| 28 | Pakistan | 74.43 | 2005 | |
| 29 | Haiti | 74.38 | 2005 | |
| 30 | Cambodia | 73.67 | 2005 | |
| 31 | The Gambia | 73.48 | 2005 | |
| 32 | Mauritania | 72.35 | 2005 | |
| 33 | Nigeria | 70.49 | 2005 | |
| 34 | Burundi | 70.4 | 2005 | |
| 35 | Botswana | 69.98 | 2005 | |
| 36 | Namibia | 69.58 | 2005 | |
| 37 | Cameroon | 69.18 | 2005 | |
| 38 | Burma | 68.78 | 2005 | |
| 39 | Nepal | 68.77 | 2005 | |
| 40 | Bangladesh | 64.32 | 2005 | |
| 41 | Mayotte | 64.19 | 2005 | |
| 42 | Kenya | 62.62 | 2005 | |
| 43 | Maldives | 58.32 | 2005 | |
| 44 | India | 57.92 | 2005 | |
| 45 | Senegal | 56.53 | 2005 | |
| 46 | Mongolia | 55.45 | 2005 | |
| 47 | Bolivia | 54.58 | 2005 | |
| 48 | Gabon | 54.34 | 2005 | |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 53.15 | 2005 | |
| 50 | Iraq | 52.71 | 2005 | |
| 51 | Ghana | 52.22 | 2005 | |
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 51.08 | 2005 | ||
| 52 | Kiribati | 49.9 | 2005 | |
| 53 | Cape Verde | 49.14 | 2005 | |
| 54 | East Timor | 48.86 | 2005 | |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.58 | 2005 | |
| Religious countries average (profile) | 43.41 | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Morocco | 43.25 | 2005 | |
| 57 | Iran | 42.86 | 2005 | |
| 58 | Moldova | 41 | 2005 | |
| 59 | Guyana | 37.22 | 2005 | |
| 60 | Guatemala | 36.91 | 2005 | |
| 61 | Indonesia | 36.82 | 2005 | |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 36.81 | 2005 | |
| 63 | Egypt | 33.9 | 2005 | |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 33.28 | 2005 | |
| 65 | Peru | 32.95 | 2005 | |
| 66 | Algeria | 32.16 | 2005 | |
| 67 | Federated States of Micronesia | 31.28 | 2005 | |
| 68 | Brazil | 30.66 | 2005 | |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 30.54 | 2005 | |
| 70 | Marshall Islands | 30.5 | 2005 | |
| 71 | Nicaragua | 30.15 | 2005 | |
| 72 | Honduras | 29.64 | 2005 | |
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 29.18 | 2005 | ||
| 73 | Samoa | 28.72 | 2005 | |
| 74 | Romania | 27.24 | 2005 | |
| 75 | Paraguay | 26.67 | 2005 | |
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 26.49 | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Belize | 26.37 | 2005 | |
| 77 | El Salvador | 25.93 | 2005 | |
| =78 | Libya | 25.7 | 2005 | |
| =78 | The Bahamas | 25.7 | 2005 | |
| 80 | Lebanon | 25.48 | 2005 | |
| 81 | China | 25.28 | 2005 | |
| 82 | North Korea | 24.84 | 2005 | |
| 83 | Ecuador | 24.49 | 2005 | |
| 84 | Philippines | 24.24 | 2005 | |
| 85 | Armenia | 24.16 | 2005 | |
| 86 | Gaza Strip | 23.54 | 2005 | |
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 23.27 | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Albania | 22.31 | 2005 | |
| 88 | Anguilla | 21.91 | 2005 | |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.88 | 2005 | |
| 90 | Colombia | 21.72 | 2005 | |
| 91 | Mexico | 21.69 | 2005 | |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 21.31 | 2005 | |
| 93 | Panama | 20.95 | 2005 | |
| 94 | Oman | 20.26 | 2005 | |
| 95 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.18 | 2005 | |
| 96 | Saint Helena | 19.85 | 2005 | |
| 97 | Georgia | 19.34 | 2005 | |
| 98 | Qatar | 19.32 | 2005 | |
| 99 | Malaysia | 18.35 | 2005 | |
| 100 | Jordan | 18.11 | 2005 | |
| 101 | British Virgin Islands | 18.05 | 2005 | |
| 102 | Bahrain | 17.91 | 2005 | |
| 103 | Russia | 16.96 | 2005 | |
| 104 | Greenland | 16.31 | 2005 | |
| 105 | Mauritius | 15.57 | 2005 | |
| 106 | Palau | 15.3 | 2005 | |
| 107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.24 | 2005 | |
| 108 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.94 | 2005 | |
| 109 | Dominica | 14.75 | 2005 | |
| 110 | Grenada | 14.62 | 2005 | |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 13.95 | 2005 | |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 13.7 | 2005 | |
| 113 | Belarus | 13.62 | 2005 | |
| 114 | Brunei | 13.05 | 2005 | |
| 115 | Fiji | 12.99 | 2005 | |
| 116 | Jamaica | 12.81 | 2005 | |
| 117 | Barbados | 12.61 | 2005 | |
| 118 | French Guiana | 12.46 | 2005 | |
| 119 | Republic of Macedonia | 11.74 | 2005 | |
| 120 | Netherlands Antilles | 10.37 | 2005 | |
| =121 | Costa Rica | 10.26 | 2005 | |
| =121 | Kuwait | 10.26 | 2005 | |
| 123 | Nauru | 10.14 | 2005 | |
| 124 | Latvia | 9.67 | 2005 | |
| 125 | American Samoa | 9.48 | 2005 | |
| 126 | Chile | 9.05 | 2005 | |
| 127 | Guadeloupe | 8.83 | 2005 | |
| 128 | Bermuda | 8.79 | 2005 | |
| 129 | Poland | 8.73 | 2005 | |
| 130 | Hungary | 8.68 | 2005 | |
| 131 | French Polynesia | 8.61 | 2005 | |
| 132 | Cayman Islands | 8.41 | 2005 | |
| 133 | Puerto Rico | 8.37 | 2005 | |
| NATO countries average (profile) | 8.21 | 2005 | ||
| 134 | Estonia | 8.08 | 2005 | |
| 135 | Reunion | 7.95 | 2005 | |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 7.89 | 2005 | |
| 137 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 7.76 | 2005 | |
| 138 | Montserrat | 7.56 | 2005 | |
| European Union average (profile) | 7.46 | 2005 | ||
| 139 | Cyprus | 7.36 | 2005 | |
| 140 | Martinique | 7.27 | 2005 | |
| 141 | Northern Mariana Islands | 7.25 | 2005 | |
| 142 | Israel | 7.21 | 2005 | |
| 143 | South Korea | 7.18 | 2005 | |
| 144 | Guam | 7.15 | 2005 | |
| 145 | Lithuania | 7.13 | 2005 | |
| 146 | Croatia | 6.96 | 2005 | |
| 147 | Cuba | 6.45 | 2005 | |
| 148 | Faroe Islands | 6.38 | 2005 | |
| 149 | Italy | 6.07 | 2005 | |
| 150 | Aruba | 6.02 | 2005 | |
| 151 | New Zealand | 5.96 | 2005 | |
| 152 | San Marino | 5.85 | 2005 | |
| 153 | Greece | 5.63 | 2005 | |
| 154 | Monaco | 5.53 | 2005 | |
| Eurozone average (profile) | 5.53 | 2005 | ||
| 155 | Ireland | 5.5 | 2005 | |
| 156 | Jersey | 5.33 | 2005 | |
| 157 | Gibraltar | 5.22 | 2005 | |
| 158 | Portugal | 5.13 | 2005 | |
| 159 | Netherlands | 5.11 | 2005 | |
| 160 | Luxembourg | 4.88 | 2005 | |
| 161 | Canada | 4.82 | 2005 | |
| 162 | Guernsey | 4.78 | 2005 | |
| 163 | Liechtenstein | 4.77 | 2005 | |
| =164 | Australia | 4.76 | 2005 | |
| =164 | Belgium | 4.76 | 2005 | |
| 166 | Austria | 4.68 | 2005 | |
| 167 | Denmark | 4.63 | 2005 | |
| 168 | Macau | 4.39 | 2005 | |
| 169 | France | 4.31 | 2005 | |
| 170 | Germany | 4.2 | 2005 | |
| 171 | Andorra | 4.05 | 2005 | |
| 172 | Czech Republic | 3.97 | 2005 | |
| 173 | Malta | 3.94 | 2005 | |
| 174 | Norway | 3.73 | 2005 | |
| 175 | Finland | 3.59 | 2005 | |
| 176 | Iceland | 3.31 | 2005 | |
| 177 | Japan | 3.28 | 2005 | |
| 178 | Hong Kong | 2.97 | 2005 |
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Interesting observations about Health > Infant mortality rate
- Angola ranked first for infant mortality rate amongst Christian countries in 2005.
- Afghanistan ranked first for infant mortality rate amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
- Cote d'Ivoire ranked first for infant mortality rate amongst Catholic countries in 2005.
- Mozambique ranked second for infant mortality rate amongst Hot countries in 2005.
- Azerbaijan ranked first for infant mortality rate amongst Europe in 2005.
- Haiti ranked first for infant mortality rate amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2005.
- Romania ranked first for infant mortality rate amongst European Union in 2005.
- Malawi ranked first for infant mortality rate amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2005.
- Chile ranked first for infant mortality rate amongst High income OECD countries in 2005.
- Bhutan ranked first for infant mortality rate amongst Cold countries in 2005.
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Infant mortality rate is the probability of dying before the age of 1 year. It is computed as the number of infant deaths during a given time period divided by the number of live births during the same time period multiplied by 1,000.
Description
The infant mortality rate (IMR) is an estimate of the number of infant deaths out of 1,000 live births. It is a useful indicator of the health status of a given population. It reflects the level of education, economic development and the accessibility and quality of health care in a country.
In the past 20 years, the infant mortality rate has decreased in all regions of the world. From 1990 to 2011, the average global IMR has decreased from 36 to 17. The infant mortality rate shows an inverse relationship with a country’s income. Low income countries have the highest IMR with an average of 63, while high income countries have an IMR of 5. The highest rates of infant death are seen in the African Region at 68 and are lowest in the European Region at 11.
In the US, the top 5 leading causes of infant mortality include congenital malformations, low birth weight and preterm births, Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), maternal complications of pregnancy and accidents. In developing countries, the most common causes of neonatal death are preterm birth, birth asphyxia and infections. After the neonatal period, the main causes of mortality are pneumonia, diarrhea, measles, malaria and HIV/AIDS. Malnutrition is an underlying cause in up to 50% of these deaths.
Citations:
1) World Health Organization. Global Health Observatory: Infant mortality. http://www.who.int/gho/urbanhealth/outcomes/infantmortality_text/en/
2) World Health Organization. World Health Statistics 2013. http://www.who.int/gho/publications/worldhealthstatistics/ENWHS2013Full.pdf
3) Heisler EJ. The US infant mortality rate: international comparisons, underlying factors, and federal programs. 2012. https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41378.pdf
Posted on 14 Apr 2014
chris.lockyer781
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No, it is not because we do not have universal health care.
"Problems of definition and measurement, however, hamper cross-national comparisons of health statistics. Alternative measures of infant mortality may provide better information but cannot completely compensate for differences among countries in the overall rates of reporting of adverse pregnancy outcomes. For example, very premature births are more likely to be included in birth and mortality statistics in the United States than in several other industrialized countries that have lower infant mortality rates."
"In countries where physicians are more aggressive about attempting to resuscitate very premature newborns--of which the United States is probably the leading example—extremely small neonates are more likely to be classified as live births than in countries with less aggressive resuscitation policies."
You can find it all here: http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=6219&type=0
In summary: One of the leading causes of infant mortality in the U.S. is "disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight." In the US, doctors are able to deliver and try to save babies with incredibly low birth weights. In most other countries, extremely premature babies are not recorded as live births and thus do not contribute to their infant mortality rate.
Posted on 28 Mar 2010
Paulus
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Posted on 04 Mar 2005
Ian Graham, Staff Editor
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Posted on 29 Mar 2005
Ian Graham, Staff Editor
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<p>The crude <a href=/graph/peo_bir_rat>birth rate</a> (which measures the number of children born each year per thousand <a href=/graph/peo_pop>population</a>) and the <a href=/graph/peo_tot_fer_rat>total fertiliy</a> rate (number of children per woman can be found in the <a href=/cat/People>people</a> category.</p>
<p>Birth rate and life expectency are the major factors affecting total population. Countries with a high birth rate and low <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_lif_exp_at_bir_tot_pop>life expectency</a> generally have a large number of <a href=/graph/peo_age_str_014_yea>young people</a>.
</p><p>Most developed countries have low birth rates. Globally 89 countries (including all European and North American countries except Faeroe Islands, Albania and Mexico) have fertility rates below population replacement. This means that their populations would be shrinking if there was no immigration to these countries.</p>
Posted on 02 Jun 2005
Edria Murray, Staff Editor
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<ul><li>Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. These account for 20 percent of cases</li><li>Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight alone account for 16 percent of cases</li> <li>SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) which accounts for 8
percent.</li></ul> <p>All of these occur more often when maternal health and nutrition are poor. In many cases, causes are multiple with <a href=/graph/hea_bir_low_bir_wei>low birth weight</a> being a major factor.<p>Infant mortality is highest in developing nations. These countries generally have a low <a
href=/graph/eco_gdp>GDP</a>, <a href=/graph/edu_lit_tot_pop>low literacy</a>,
high levels of <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_pop_bel_pov_lin>poverty</a>, a high rate of <a href=/red/graph/hea_mat_mor&int=50>maternal mortality</a> and a high number of <a href=/graph/peo_tot_fer_rat>children per woman</a>.
Posted on 28 Feb 2005
Edria Murray, Staff editor
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'...disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight' are indeed amongst the major causes of infant death - but those two factors are precisely the ones which can be prevented by good ante-natal care, as is provided by every country with universal health care - something which the US, alone amongst all the major developed countries, does not have.
Posted on 01 Sep 2011
Linnaea
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Here is a country comparison given by the CIA. On there list we fall in the 178th place. However, It all depends with age group your looking at.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html
Another website is the Center for Control Disease (CDC) they offer mortality data. The CDC stat'se the US is number one for child homicides aged 1-4, and we are 4th place for Infanticides.
PS. the reason I know this information is because I'm a graduate student specializing in Criminal Justice, and I did a thesis on Infanticide.
Posted on 08 Jan 2011
BALTIMORE
