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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Guatemala was 11.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 56 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57.90 in 1964 and a minimum value of 11.10 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
1964 57.90
1965 57.00
1966 56.00
1967 54.90
1968 53.80
1969 52.70
1970 51.50
1971 50.40
1972 49.10
1973 47.70
1974 46.20
1975 44.80
1976 43.70
1977 42.00
1978 40.80
1979 39.60
1980 38.50
1981 37.30
1982 36.50
1983 34.90
1984 33.80
1985 32.80
1986 31.80
1987 30.80
1988 29.90
1989 29.00
1990 28.20
1991 27.40
1992 26.60
1993 25.80
1994 25.10
1995 24.40
1996 23.70
1997 23.10
1998 22.50
1999 21.90
2000 21.30
2001 20.70
2002 20.20
2003 19.70
2004 19.10
2005 18.60
2006 18.20
2007 17.70
2008 17.30
2009 16.80
2010 16.20
2011 15.60
2012 15.00
2013 14.40
2014 13.90
2015 13.40
2016 12.90
2017 12.40
2018 12.00
2019 11.50
2020 11.10

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 Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.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