Costa Rica - Mortality rate

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Costa Rica was 7.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 96.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 7.90 in 2020.

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 96.00
1961 93.30
1962 92.40
1963 92.40
1964 92.00
1965 90.30
1966 87.70
1967 84.90
1968 81.90
1969 78.50
1970 74.70
1971 70.10
1972 64.60
1973 58.30
1974 51.80
1975 45.30
1976 39.30
1977 33.90
1978 29.50
1979 26.40
1980 24.40
1981 23.40
1982 22.90
1983 22.70
1984 22.50
1985 22.00
1986 21.20
1987 20.10
1988 18.80
1989 17.70
1990 16.80
1991 16.10
1992 15.60
1993 15.30
1994 15.00
1995 14.90
1996 14.70
1997 14.40
1998 14.10
1999 13.60
2000 13.10
2001 12.60
2002 12.10
2003 11.80
2004 11.50
2005 11.30
2006 11.20
2007 11.10
2008 10.90
2009 10.70
2010 10.50
2011 10.20
2012 9.90
2013 9.60
2014 9.30
2015 9.10
2016 8.90
2017 8.70
2018 8.40
2019 8.20
2020 7.90

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in Costa Rica was 7.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 91.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 7.30 in 2020.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 91.00
1961 88.60
1962 87.30
1963 86.70
1964 86.10
1965 84.90
1966 82.70
1967 80.00
1968 76.80
1969 73.20
1970 69.10
1971 64.50
1972 59.00
1973 53.10
1974 46.80
1975 40.50
1976 34.90
1977 30.00
1978 26.10
1979 23.20
1980 21.40
1981 20.40
1982 20.00
1983 19.80
1984 19.60
1985 19.20
1986 18.50
1987 17.50
1988 16.50
1989 15.60
1990 14.80
1991 14.20
1992 13.80
1993 13.50
1994 13.30
1995 13.20
1996 13.00
1997 12.80
1998 12.50
1999 12.10
2000 11.60
2001 11.20
2002 10.90
2003 10.60
2004 10.40
2005 10.20
2006 10.10
2007 10.00
2008 9.90
2009 9.80
2010 9.60
2011 9.30
2012 9.10
2013 8.80
2014 8.60
2015 8.40
2016 8.20
2017 8.00
2018 7.80
2019 7.60
2020 7.30

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in Costa Rica was 8.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 100.80 in 1960 and a minimum value of 8.50 in 2020.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 100.80
1961 97.80
1962 97.20
1963 97.90
1964 97.50
1965 95.40
1966 92.60
1967 89.60
1968 86.70
1969 83.60
1970 80.00
1971 75.50
1972 69.80
1973 63.30
1974 56.60
1975 49.90
1976 43.50
1977 37.70
1978 32.90
1979 29.40
1980 27.30
1981 26.20
1982 25.70
1983 25.50
1984 25.20
1985 24.70
1986 23.70
1987 22.50
1988 21.10
1989 19.70
1990 18.70
1991 17.90
1992 17.30
1993 16.90
1994 16.60
1995 16.40
1996 16.20
1997 16.00
1998 15.60
1999 15.00
2000 14.40
2001 13.80
2002 13.30
2003 12.90
2004 12.60
2005 12.40
2006 12.30
2007 12.10
2008 11.90
2009 11.70
2010 11.40
2011 11.10
2012 10.70
2013 10.40
2014 10.00
2015 9.80
2016 9.50
2017 9.30
2018 9.00
2019 8.70
2020 8.50

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Costa Rica was 5.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.80 in 1965 and a minimum value of 5.60 in 2020.

Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given 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 30.40
1961 30.30
1962 30.40
1963 30.70
1964 30.80
1965 30.80
1966 30.40
1967 29.90
1968 29.00
1969 27.80
1970 26.20
1971 24.40
1972 22.40
1973 20.40
1974 18.60
1975 17.20
1976 16.10
1977 14.70
1978 13.30
1979 12.20
1980 11.60
1981 11.30
1982 11.20
1983 11.20
1984 11.10
1985 10.70
1986 10.30
1987 10.00
1988 9.60
1989 9.30
1990 9.00
1991 8.80
1992 8.80
1993 8.80
1994 8.80
1995 8.50
1996 8.30
1997 8.10
1998 7.90
1999 7.80
2000 7.70
2001 7.50
2002 7.30
2003 7.20
2004 7.10
2005 7.10
2006 7.00
2007 6.90
2008 6.80
2009 6.70
2010 6.60
2011 6.50
2012 6.50
2013 6.40
2014 6.30
2015 6.30
2016 6.20
2017 6.10
2018 5.90
2019 5.80
2020 5.60

Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Costa Rica was 55.42 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 198.81 in 1960 and a minimum value of 55.42 in 2020.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 198.81
1961 190.35
1962 181.90
1963 176.85
1964 171.81
1965 166.76
1966 161.72
1967 156.67
1968 152.23
1969 147.79
1970 143.35
1971 138.91
1972 134.47
1973 130.72
1974 126.98
1975 123.24
1976 119.50
1977 115.76
1978 111.97
1979 108.18
1980 104.39
1981 100.60
1982 96.81
1983 94.75
1984 92.69
1985 90.63
1986 88.57
1987 86.50
1988 85.29
1989 84.08
1990 82.87
1991 81.65
1992 80.44
1993 79.20
1994 77.96
1995 76.72
1996 75.48
1997 74.24
1998 73.30
1999 72.35
2000 71.41
2001 70.47
2002 69.53
2003 68.90
2004 68.28
2005 67.65
2006 67.03
2007 66.40
2008 65.51
2009 64.61
2010 63.72
2011 62.82
2012 61.92
2013 61.13
2014 60.33
2015 59.54
2016 58.74
2017 57.94
2018 56.97
2019 56.19
2020 55.42

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Costa Rica was 109.42 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 231.53 in 1960 and a minimum value of 107.14 in 2017.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 231.53
1961 222.46
1962 213.39
1963 208.70
1964 204.01
1965 199.33
1966 194.64
1967 189.95
1968 187.89
1969 185.83
1970 183.77
1971 181.71
1972 179.65
1973 178.76
1974 177.88
1975 176.99
1976 176.11
1977 175.22
1978 169.66
1979 164.10
1980 158.54
1981 152.98
1982 147.42
1983 144.83
1984 142.25
1985 139.66
1986 137.08
1987 134.49
1988 133.82
1989 133.15
1990 132.48
1991 131.81
1992 131.14
1993 130.54
1994 129.94
1995 129.35
1996 128.75
1997 128.15
1998 127.63
1999 127.11
2000 126.59
2001 126.06
2002 125.54
2003 125.01
2004 124.48
2005 123.94
2006 123.41
2007 122.88
2008 122.07
2009 121.25
2010 120.44
2011 119.63
2012 118.81
2013 116.48
2014 114.14
2015 111.81
2016 109.47
2017 107.14
2018 113.08
2019 111.25
2020 109.42

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Costa Rica was 6.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 66.40 in 1964 and a minimum value of 6.30 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 61.70
1961 57.10
1962 59.00
1963 63.90
1964 66.40
1965 64.20
1966 59.90
1967 57.20
1968 56.40
1969 56.10
1970 55.10
1971 52.40
1972 47.90
1973 42.60
1974 37.80
1975 33.90
1976 29.80
1977 25.20
1978 20.90
1979 17.90
1980 16.50
1981 16.20
1982 16.50
1983 17.00
1984 17.20
1985 17.00
1986 16.20
1987 15.00
1988 13.50
1989 12.50
1990 12.20
1991 12.00
1992 11.70
1993 11.40
1994 11.20
1995 11.20
1996 11.30
1997 11.10
1998 10.80
1999 10.40
2000 9.90
2001 9.40
2002 9.10
2003 8.90
2004 8.90
2005 8.90
2006 8.90
2007 8.80
2008 8.60
2009 8.50
2010 8.40
2011 8.20
2012 7.90
2013 7.60
2014 7.30
2015 7.10
2016 7.10
2017 7.00
2018 6.90
2019 6.70
2020 6.30

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Costa Rica was 6.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.80 in 1964 and a minimum value of 6.70 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 67.80
1961 63.00
1962 65.10
1963 70.40
1964 72.80
1965 70.30
1966 65.80
1967 62.90
1968 62.10
1969 61.80
1970 60.80
1971 58.10
1972 53.40
1973 47.60
1974 42.60
1975 38.40
1976 33.90
1977 28.80
1978 24.00
1979 20.60
1980 19.10
1981 18.80
1982 19.10
1983 19.60
1984 19.80
1985 19.60
1986 18.70
1987 17.20
1988 15.50
1989 14.30
1990 13.90
1991 13.70
1992 13.30
1993 12.90
1994 12.60
1995 12.70
1996 12.70
1997 12.60
1998 12.20
1999 11.70
2000 11.10
2001 10.50
2002 10.10
2003 10.00
2004 9.90
2005 9.90
2006 9.80
2007 9.70
2008 9.50
2009 9.30
2010 9.20
2011 8.90
2012 8.60
2013 8.20
2014 7.90
2015 7.70
2016 7.60
2017 7.50
2018 7.40
2019 7.20
2020 6.70

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Costa Rica was 7.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 79.00 in 1964 and a minimum value of 7.20 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 73.60
1961 68.70
1962 71.00
1963 76.70
1964 79.00
1965 76.10
1966 71.40
1967 68.40
1968 67.40
1969 67.10
1970 66.20
1971 63.50
1972 58.60
1973 52.40
1974 47.20
1975 42.70
1976 37.80
1977 32.20
1978 27.00
1979 23.20
1980 21.60
1981 21.20
1982 21.60
1983 22.10
1984 22.30
1985 22.00
1986 21.00
1987 19.40
1988 17.40
1989 16.10
1990 15.50
1991 15.30
1992 14.80
1993 14.30
1994 14.00
1995 14.00
1996 14.10
1997 14.00
1998 13.60
1999 13.00
2000 12.30
2001 11.60
2002 11.10
2003 10.90
2004 10.80
2005 10.80
2006 10.70
2007 10.60
2008 10.30
2009 10.10
2010 9.90
2011 9.60
2012 9.30
2013 8.80
2014 8.50
2015 8.20
2016 8.10
2017 8.00
2018 7.90
2019 7.60
2020 7.20

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality