Brunei - Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Brunei was 11.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 122.40 in 1960 and a minimum value of 9.50 in 2005.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

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
1960 122.40
1961 110.00
1962 98.30
1963 88.00
1964 79.50
1965 72.90
1966 68.00
1967 64.10
1968 60.80
1969 57.60
1970 54.00
1971 50.10
1972 45.90
1973 41.60
1974 37.50
1975 33.70
1976 30.40
1977 27.40
1978 24.90
1979 22.60
1980 20.70
1981 19.00
1982 17.60
1983 16.50
1984 15.60
1985 14.80
1986 14.20
1987 13.80
1988 13.50
1989 13.30
1990 13.30
1991 13.30
1992 13.20
1993 13.10
1994 12.80
1995 12.40
1996 12.00
1997 11.50
1998 11.10
1999 10.70
2000 10.30
2001 10.10
2002 9.80
2003 9.70
2004 9.60
2005 9.50
2006 9.50
2007 9.50
2008 9.50
2009 9.60
2010 9.70
2011 9.80
2012 10.00
2013 10.20
2014 10.40
2015 10.60
2016 10.80
2017 11.00
2018 11.20
2019 11.40
2020 11.50

Development Relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries.

Limitations and Exceptions: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Estimates of neonatal, infant, and child mortality tend to vary by source and method for a given time and place. Years for available estimates also vary by country, making comparisons across countries and over time difficult. To make neonatal, infant, and child mortality estimates comparable and to ensure consistency across estimates by different agencies, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), which comprises the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the United Nations Population Division, and other universities and research institutes, developed and adopted a statistical method that uses all available information to reconcile differences. The method uses statistical models to obtain a best estimate trend line by fitting a country-specific regression model of mortality rates against their reference dates.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development ac

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality