China - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in China was 89,463 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,375,362 in 1970 and a minimum value of 89,463 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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 2,375,362 |
| 1971 | 2,226,150 |
| 1972 | 2,062,575 |
| 1973 | 1,888,300 |
| 1974 | 1,710,869 |
| 1975 | 1,537,558 |
| 1976 | 1,377,773 |
| 1977 | 1,239,716 |
| 1978 | 1,124,519 |
| 1979 | 1,036,863 |
| 1980 | 976,554 |
| 1981 | 944,968 |
| 1982 | 938,976 |
| 1983 | 955,704 |
| 1984 | 990,272 |
| 1985 | 1,033,968 |
| 1986 | 1,077,649 |
| 1987 | 1,112,503 |
| 1988 | 1,128,095 |
| 1989 | 1,119,582 |
| 1990 | 1,085,145 |
| 1991 | 1,028,400 |
| 1992 | 958,292 |
| 1993 | 883,999 |
| 1994 | 814,239 |
| 1995 | 752,502 |
| 1996 | 700,267 |
| 1997 | 654,780 |
| 1998 | 611,874 |
| 1999 | 569,310 |
| 2000 | 526,220 |
| 2001 | 482,938 |
| 2002 | 440,707 |
| 2003 | 400,570 |
| 2004 | 363,860 |
| 2005 | 330,779 |
| 2006 | 301,922 |
| 2007 | 276,900 |
| 2008 | 255,258 |
| 2009 | 235,984 |
| 2010 | 218,492 |
| 2011 | 202,048 |
| 2012 | 186,494 |
| 2013 | 171,789 |
| 2014 | 157,771 |
| 2015 | 144,446 |
| 2016 | 131,852 |
| 2017 | 120,075 |
| 2018 | 109,028 |
| 2019 | 98,805 |
| 2020 | 89,463 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in China was 121,395 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,429,513 in 1974 and a minimum value of 121,395 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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1974 | 2,429,513 |
| 1975 | 2,181,334 |
| 1976 | 1,949,754 |
| 1977 | 1,744,390 |
| 1978 | 1,569,149 |
| 1979 | 1,430,092 |
| 1980 | 1,327,889 |
| 1981 | 1,264,334 |
| 1982 | 1,234,849 |
| 1983 | 1,236,930 |
| 1984 | 1,264,742 |
| 1985 | 1,308,351 |
| 1986 | 1,356,539 |
| 1987 | 1,398,340 |
| 1988 | 1,420,112 |
| 1989 | 1,414,627 |
| 1990 | 1,377,689 |
| 1991 | 1,311,812 |
| 1992 | 1,226,332 |
| 1993 | 1,131,976 |
| 1994 | 1,039,912 |
| 1995 | 956,221 |
| 1996 | 883,536 |
| 1997 | 820,169 |
| 1998 | 762,135 |
| 1999 | 706,168 |
| 2000 | 651,151 |
| 2001 | 596,948 |
| 2002 | 544,386 |
| 2003 | 494,739 |
| 2004 | 449,630 |
| 2005 | 409,142 |
| 2006 | 373,950 |
| 2007 | 343,668 |
| 2008 | 317,604 |
| 2009 | 294,594 |
| 2010 | 273,880 |
| 2011 | 254,567 |
| 2012 | 236,339 |
| 2013 | 219,188 |
| 2014 | 202,801 |
| 2015 | 187,246 |
| 2016 | 172,480 |
| 2017 | 158,528 |
| 2018 | 145,311 |
| 2019 | 132,923 |
| 2020 | 121,395 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in China was 56,180 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 744,373 in 1990 and a minimum value of 56,180 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 |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 744,373 |
| 1991 | 701,152 |
| 1992 | 651,916 |
| 1993 | 603,263 |
| 1994 | 557,944 |
| 1995 | 517,522 |
| 1996 | 482,790 |
| 1997 | 452,667 |
| 1998 | 424,900 |
| 1999 | 399,379 |
| 2000 | 375,713 |
| 2001 | 346,198 |
| 2002 | 317,326 |
| 2003 | 288,987 |
| 2004 | 261,927 |
| 2005 | 236,970 |
| 2006 | 214,380 |
| 2007 | 194,030 |
| 2008 | 176,183 |
| 2009 | 160,495 |
| 2010 | 146,639 |
| 2011 | 134,132 |
| 2012 | 122,921 |
| 2013 | 112,420 |
| 2014 | 102,499 |
| 2015 | 93,147 |
| 2016 | 84,367 |
| 2017 | 76,173 |
| 2018 | 68,638 |
| 2019 | 61,997 |
| 2020 | 56,180 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
