Canada - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in Canada was 1,692 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,007 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1,692 in 2020.
Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 13,007 |
| 1961 | 12,593 |
| 1962 | 12,068 |
| 1963 | 11,429 |
| 1964 | 10,699 |
| 1965 | 9,922 |
| 1966 | 9,150 |
| 1967 | 8,417 |
| 1968 | 7,747 |
| 1969 | 7,155 |
| 1970 | 6,640 |
| 1971 | 6,199 |
| 1972 | 5,820 |
| 1973 | 5,484 |
| 1974 | 5,179 |
| 1975 | 4,898 |
| 1976 | 4,635 |
| 1977 | 4,384 |
| 1978 | 4,147 |
| 1979 | 3,920 |
| 1980 | 3,708 |
| 1981 | 3,511 |
| 1982 | 3,333 |
| 1983 | 3,181 |
| 1984 | 3,056 |
| 1985 | 2,954 |
| 1986 | 2,872 |
| 1987 | 2,803 |
| 1988 | 2,741 |
| 1989 | 2,679 |
| 1990 | 2,613 |
| 1991 | 2,539 |
| 1992 | 2,453 |
| 1993 | 2,359 |
| 1994 | 2,256 |
| 1995 | 2,151 |
| 1996 | 2,045 |
| 1997 | 1,946 |
| 1998 | 1,863 |
| 1999 | 1,801 |
| 2000 | 1,760 |
| 2001 | 1,742 |
| 2002 | 1,742 |
| 2003 | 1,755 |
| 2004 | 1,776 |
| 2005 | 1,800 |
| 2006 | 1,825 |
| 2007 | 1,845 |
| 2008 | 1,860 |
| 2009 | 1,869 |
| 2010 | 1,871 |
| 2011 | 1,866 |
| 2012 | 1,855 |
| 2013 | 1,839 |
| 2014 | 1,820 |
| 2015 | 1,799 |
| 2016 | 1,777 |
| 2017 | 1,757 |
| 2018 | 1,736 |
| 2019 | 1,715 |
| 2020 | 1,692 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in Canada was 1,929 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,184 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1,929 in 2020.
Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 15,184 |
| 1961 | 14,735 |
| 1962 | 14,160 |
| 1963 | 13,460 |
| 1964 | 12,652 |
| 1965 | 11,784 |
| 1966 | 10,914 |
| 1967 | 10,078 |
| 1968 | 9,301 |
| 1969 | 8,602 |
| 1970 | 7,987 |
| 1971 | 7,453 |
| 1972 | 6,991 |
| 1973 | 6,583 |
| 1974 | 6,216 |
| 1975 | 5,880 |
| 1976 | 5,568 |
| 1977 | 5,272 |
| 1978 | 4,993 |
| 1979 | 4,728 |
| 1980 | 4,479 |
| 1981 | 4,248 |
| 1982 | 4,039 |
| 1983 | 3,859 |
| 1984 | 3,710 |
| 1985 | 3,586 |
| 1986 | 3,484 |
| 1987 | 3,398 |
| 1988 | 3,318 |
| 1989 | 3,237 |
| 1990 | 3,152 |
| 1991 | 3,060 |
| 1992 | 2,955 |
| 1993 | 2,841 |
| 1994 | 2,718 |
| 1995 | 2,591 |
| 1996 | 2,462 |
| 1997 | 2,342 |
| 1998 | 2,237 |
| 1999 | 2,156 |
| 2000 | 2,097 |
| 2001 | 2,064 |
| 2002 | 2,053 |
| 2003 | 2,056 |
| 2004 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | 2,088 |
| 2006 | 2,108 |
| 2007 | 2,126 |
| 2008 | 2,139 |
| 2009 | 2,147 |
| 2010 | 2,148 |
| 2011 | 2,142 |
| 2012 | 2,129 |
| 2013 | 2,110 |
| 2014 | 2,086 |
| 2015 | 2,061 |
| 2016 | 2,035 |
| 2017 | 2,009 |
| 2018 | 1,984 |
| 2019 | 1,958 |
| 2020 | 1,929 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Canada was 1,232 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,701 in 1970 and a minimum value of 1,232 in 2020.
Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 4,701 |
| 1971 | 4,378 |
| 1972 | 4,077 |
| 1973 | 3,775 |
| 1974 | 3,482 |
| 1975 | 3,236 |
| 1976 | 3,064 |
| 1977 | 2,932 |
| 1978 | 2,785 |
| 1979 | 2,604 |
| 1980 | 2,423 |
| 1981 | 2,274 |
| 1982 | 2,158 |
| 1983 | 2,064 |
| 1984 | 1,983 |
| 1985 | 1,908 |
| 1986 | 1,838 |
| 1987 | 1,777 |
| 1988 | 1,732 |
| 1989 | 1,705 |
| 1990 | 1,682 |
| 1991 | 1,649 |
| 1992 | 1,610 |
| 1993 | 1,573 |
| 1994 | 1,540 |
| 1995 | 1,497 |
| 1996 | 1,434 |
| 1997 | 1,363 |
| 1998 | 1,303 |
| 1999 | 1,263 |
| 2000 | 1,248 |
| 2001 | 1,259 |
| 2002 | 1,288 |
| 2003 | 1,319 |
| 2004 | 1,344 |
| 2005 | 1,362 |
| 2006 | 1,372 |
| 2007 | 1,380 |
| 2008 | 1,393 |
| 2009 | 1,411 |
| 2010 | 1,425 |
| 2011 | 1,426 |
| 2012 | 1,416 |
| 2013 | 1,402 |
| 2014 | 1,389 |
| 2015 | 1,372 |
| 2016 | 1,349 |
| 2017 | 1,321 |
| 2018 | 1,291 |
| 2019 | 1,261 |
| 2020 | 1,232 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
