Japan - Mortality rate

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Japan was 2.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.70 in 1960 and a minimum value of 2.50 in 2019.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 39.70
1961 36.20
1962 32.80
1963 29.70
1964 27.00
1965 24.60
1966 22.60
1967 21.00
1968 19.60
1969 18.50
1970 17.50
1971 16.50
1972 15.70
1973 14.90
1974 14.00
1975 13.30
1976 12.50
1977 11.80
1978 11.10
1979 10.50
1980 9.90
1981 9.30
1982 8.80
1983 8.30
1984 7.90
1985 7.50
1986 7.10
1987 6.80
1988 6.60
1989 6.40
1990 6.30
1991 6.20
1992 6.10
1993 6.00
1994 5.90
1995 5.70
1996 5.50
1997 5.20
1998 5.00
1999 4.70
2000 4.50
2001 4.30
2002 4.10
2003 4.00
2004 3.90
2005 3.70
2006 3.60
2007 3.50
2008 3.40
2009 3.30
2010 3.20
2011 3.20
2012 3.00
2013 2.90
2014 2.80
2015 2.70
2016 2.70
2017 2.60
2018 2.60
2019 2.50
2020 2.50

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in Japan was 2.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.90 in 1960 and a minimum value of 2.40 in 2018.

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 35.90
1961 32.50
1962 29.40
1963 26.50
1964 23.90
1965 21.70
1966 19.90
1967 18.40
1968 17.10
1969 16.10
1970 15.20
1971 14.40
1972 13.60
1973 12.90
1974 12.20
1975 11.60
1976 10.90
1977 10.30
1978 9.80
1979 9.20
1980 8.70
1981 8.30
1982 7.80
1983 7.40
1984 7.00
1985 6.70
1986 6.40
1987 6.20
1988 6.00
1989 5.90
1990 5.70
1991 5.70
1992 5.60
1993 5.50
1994 5.30
1995 5.20
1996 5.00
1997 4.80
1998 4.60
1999 4.30
2000 4.10
2001 4.00
2002 3.80
2003 3.70
2004 3.60
2005 3.50
2006 3.40
2007 3.30
2008 3.20
2009 3.10
2010 3.00
2011 3.00
2012 2.80
2013 2.70
2014 2.70
2015 2.60
2016 2.50
2017 2.50
2018 2.40
2019 2.40
2020 2.40

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in Japan was 2.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 43.30 in 1960 and a minimum value of 2.60 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 43.30
1961 39.70
1962 36.10
1963 32.80
1964 30.00
1965 27.50
1966 25.30
1967 23.50
1968 22.00
1969 20.70
1970 19.60
1971 18.60
1972 17.60
1973 16.70
1974 15.80
1975 14.90
1976 14.00
1977 13.20
1978 12.40
1979 11.70
1980 11.00
1981 10.40
1982 9.80
1983 9.20
1984 8.70
1985 8.20
1986 7.80
1987 7.50
1988 7.20
1989 7.00
1990 6.90
1991 6.80
1992 6.70
1993 6.50
1994 6.40
1995 6.20
1996 5.90
1997 5.60
1998 5.40
1999 5.10
2000 4.80
2001 4.60
2002 4.40
2003 4.30
2004 4.10
2005 4.00
2006 3.90
2007 3.80
2008 3.60
2009 3.50
2010 3.40
2011 3.40
2012 3.20
2013 3.10
2014 3.00
2015 2.90
2016 2.80
2017 2.70
2018 2.70
2019 2.70
2020 2.60

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Japan was 0.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 52 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.60 in 1968 and a minimum value of 0.80 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.

See also:

Year Value
1968 9.60
1969 9.10
1970 8.70
1971 8.20
1972 7.80
1973 7.40
1974 7.10
1975 6.70
1976 6.40
1977 6.10
1978 5.70
1979 5.30
1980 4.90
1981 4.60
1982 4.30
1983 4.00
1984 3.70
1985 3.40
1986 3.20
1987 2.90
1988 2.80
1989 2.60
1990 2.50
1991 2.50
1992 2.40
1993 2.30
1994 2.20
1995 2.20
1996 2.10
1997 2.00
1998 1.90
1999 1.80
2000 1.80
2001 1.70
2002 1.70
2003 1.60
2004 1.50
2005 1.40
2006 1.30
2007 1.30
2008 1.20
2009 1.20
2010 1.10
2011 1.00
2012 1.00
2013 1.00
2014 0.90
2015 0.90
2016 0.90
2017 0.90
2018 0.90
2019 0.90
2020 0.80

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Japan was 35.55 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 148.96 in 1960 and a minimum value of 35.55 in 2019.

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 148.96
1961 142.17
1962 137.33
1963 128.67
1964 123.78
1965 120.79
1966 115.15
1967 110.85
1968 108.42
1969 106.06
1970 104.12
1971 97.05
1972 94.03
1973 91.29
1974 87.41
1975 84.18
1976 79.95
1977 75.62
1978 73.19
1979 70.68
1980 69.04
1981 66.56
1982 64.58
1983 63.55
1984 61.77
1985 60.37
1986 58.43
1987 56.65
1988 56.04
1989 54.93
1990 53.46
1991 53.07
1992 52.53
1993 51.54
1994 49.99
1995 51.72
1996 49.25
1997 48.73
1998 49.11
1999 48.94
2000 47.66
2001 46.40
2002 45.40
2003 44.95
2004 45.36
2005 45.04
2006 44.09
2007 43.22
2008 42.71
2009 41.65
2010 41.44
2011 45.25
2012 39.81
2013 39.19
2014 38.72
2015 37.11
2016 36.95
2017 35.72
2018 35.82
2019 35.55

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

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Japan was 64.39 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 217.18 in 1960 and a minimum value of 64.39 in 2019.

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 217.18
1961 210.86
1962 206.53
1963 197.72
1964 193.24
1965 190.00
1966 184.51
1967 178.89
1968 176.10
1969 174.51
1970 172.84
1971 164.03
1972 160.03
1973 155.63
1974 149.90
1975 145.82
1976 141.67
1977 137.26
1978 134.46
1979 131.43
1980 130.29
1981 127.61
1982 125.39
1983 128.52
1984 125.39
1985 121.92
1986 119.50
1987 115.45
1988 114.16
1989 110.54
1990 108.77
1991 107.23
1992 106.42
1993 104.73
1994 101.16
1995 102.31
1996 98.60
1997 97.41
1998 100.60
1999 101.60
2000 98.25
2001 96.48
2002 94.85
2003 95.67
2004 92.49
2005 92.50
2006 88.98
2007 87.06
2008 85.33
2009 84.43
2010 82.82
2011 83.27
2012 76.98
2013 75.01
2014 72.44
2015 70.06
2016 68.55
2017 66.55
2018 65.31
2019 64.39

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Japan was 1.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.30 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1.70 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 27.30
1961 24.90
1962 22.80
1963 20.60
1964 18.60
1965 16.80
1966 15.40
1967 14.20
1968 13.20
1969 12.40
1970 11.60
1971 11.00
1972 10.30
1973 9.80
1974 9.20
1975 8.70
1976 8.20
1977 7.80
1978 7.30
1979 6.90
1980 6.50
1981 6.20
1982 5.90
1983 5.50
1984 5.20
1985 5.00
1986 4.80
1987 4.60
1988 4.40
1989 4.30
1990 4.20
1991 4.20
1992 4.10
1993 4.00
1994 3.90
1995 3.80
1996 3.60
1997 3.50
1998 3.30
1999 3.20
2000 3.00
2001 2.90
2002 2.80
2003 2.70
2004 2.60
2005 2.60
2006 2.50
2007 2.40
2008 2.40
2009 2.30
2010 2.20
2011 2.20
2012 2.10
2013 2.00
2014 2.00
2015 1.90
2016 1.90
2017 1.80
2018 1.80
2019 1.80
2020 1.70

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Japan was 1.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.40 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1.80 in 2019.

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 30.40
1961 27.90
1962 25.40
1963 23.10
1964 21.00
1965 19.10
1966 17.60
1967 16.30
1968 15.10
1969 14.20
1970 13.40
1971 12.60
1972 11.90
1973 11.20
1974 10.60
1975 10.00
1976 9.40
1977 8.80
1978 8.30
1979 7.80
1980 7.40
1981 7.00
1982 6.50
1983 6.20
1984 5.80
1985 5.50
1986 5.20
1987 5.00
1988 4.80
1989 4.70
1990 4.60
1991 4.50
1992 4.40
1993 4.40
1994 4.20
1995 4.10
1996 4.00
1997 3.80
1998 3.60
1999 3.40
2000 3.30
2001 3.10
2002 3.00
2003 2.90
2004 2.80
2005 2.80
2006 2.70
2007 2.60
2008 2.50
2009 2.40
2010 2.40
2011 2.30
2012 2.20
2013 2.10
2014 2.10
2015 2.00
2016 2.00
2017 1.90
2018 1.90
2019 1.80
2020 1.80

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

The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Japan was 1.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.30 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1.90 in 2019.

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 33.30
1961 30.80
1962 28.00
1963 25.50
1964 23.30
1965 21.30
1966 19.60
1967 18.20
1968 17.00
1969 15.90
1970 15.00
1971 14.20
1972 13.40
1973 12.60
1974 11.90
1975 11.20
1976 10.50
1977 9.90
1978 9.30
1979 8.70
1980 8.20
1981 7.70
1982 7.20
1983 6.80
1984 6.40
1985 6.00
1986 5.60
1987 5.40
1988 5.20
1989 5.00
1990 4.90
1991 4.80
1992 4.80
1993 4.70
1994 4.60
1995 4.40
1996 4.30
1997 4.10
1998 3.90
1999 3.70
2000 3.50
2001 3.40
2002 3.20
2003 3.10
2004 3.00
2005 2.90
2006 2.80
2007 2.80
2008 2.70
2009 2.60
2010 2.50
2011 2.40
2012 2.30
2013 2.20
2014 2.20
2015 2.10
2016 2.00
2017 2.00
2018 2.00
2019 1.90
2020 1.90

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality