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

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Madagascar was 36.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 52 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 107.40 in 1984 and a minimum value of 36.30 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.

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Year Value
1968 90.30
1969 91.20
1970 92.20
1971 93.20
1972 94.40
1973 95.60
1974 97.00
1975 98.40
1976 99.70
1977 100.80
1978 101.90
1979 103.00
1980 104.10
1981 105.40
1982 106.50
1983 107.20
1984 107.40
1985 106.90
1986 105.60
1987 103.70
1988 101.30
1989 98.50
1990 95.50
1991 92.60
1992 89.90
1993 87.20
1994 84.60
1995 81.90
1996 79.00
1997 76.10
1998 73.20
1999 70.30
2000 67.50
2001 64.90
2002 62.50
2003 60.20
2004 58.00
2005 55.90
2006 53.90
2007 52.00
2008 50.30
2009 48.60
2010 47.10
2011 45.80
2012 44.60
2013 43.40
2014 42.30
2015 41.30
2016 40.30
2017 39.30
2018 38.20
2019 37.20
2020 36.30

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 Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.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