Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Indicator id: infant_mortality · Unit: deaths per 1,000 live births · Coverage: 1960-2023

Number of infants dying before reaching age 1, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code SP.DYN.IMRT.IN (https://data.worldbank.org)

Caveats

Modelled (UN IGME) estimate; closely tracks under5_mortality (a subset of it).

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 3.2 -- End preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5
Topic: Health
Themes: health

Also known as

"infant mortality", "infant deaths", "babies dying before age 1"

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