Mauritania - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in Mauritania was 7,380 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,713 in 2012 and a minimum value of 5,300 in 1960.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 5,300 |
| 1961 | 5,315 |
| 1962 | 5,325 |
| 1963 | 5,332 |
| 1964 | 5,332 |
| 1965 | 5,332 |
| 1966 | 5,333 |
| 1967 | 5,331 |
| 1968 | 5,335 |
| 1969 | 5,362 |
| 1970 | 5,421 |
| 1971 | 5,509 |
| 1972 | 5,621 |
| 1973 | 5,743 |
| 1974 | 5,857 |
| 1975 | 5,941 |
| 1976 | 6,002 |
| 1977 | 6,032 |
| 1978 | 6,041 |
| 1979 | 6,042 |
| 1980 | 6,042 |
| 1981 | 6,042 |
| 1982 | 6,032 |
| 1983 | 6,011 |
| 1984 | 5,971 |
| 1985 | 5,912 |
| 1986 | 5,847 |
| 1987 | 5,789 |
| 1988 | 5,744 |
| 1989 | 5,718 |
| 1990 | 5,726 |
| 1991 | 5,760 |
| 1992 | 5,818 |
| 1993 | 5,897 |
| 1994 | 5,997 |
| 1995 | 6,117 |
| 1996 | 6,252 |
| 1997 | 6,389 |
| 1998 | 6,528 |
| 1999 | 6,665 |
| 2000 | 6,797 |
| 2001 | 6,936 |
| 2002 | 7,071 |
| 2003 | 7,205 |
| 2004 | 7,321 |
| 2005 | 7,414 |
| 2006 | 7,492 |
| 2007 | 7,552 |
| 2008 | 7,597 |
| 2009 | 7,636 |
| 2010 | 7,663 |
| 2011 | 7,693 |
| 2012 | 7,713 |
| 2013 | 7,701 |
| 2014 | 7,678 |
| 2015 | 7,658 |
| 2016 | 7,612 |
| 2017 | 7,562 |
| 2018 | 7,520 |
| 2019 | 7,446 |
| 2020 | 7,380 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in Mauritania was 10,538 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,814 in 2007 and a minimum value of 9,289 in 1990.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 10,004 |
| 1961 | 10,004 |
| 1962 | 9,988 |
| 1963 | 9,963 |
| 1964 | 9,917 |
| 1965 | 9,869 |
| 1966 | 9,819 |
| 1967 | 9,756 |
| 1968 | 9,708 |
| 1969 | 9,712 |
| 1970 | 9,792 |
| 1971 | 9,937 |
| 1972 | 10,136 |
| 1973 | 10,357 |
| 1974 | 10,556 |
| 1975 | 10,681 |
| 1976 | 10,751 |
| 1977 | 10,750 |
| 1978 | 10,702 |
| 1979 | 10,637 |
| 1980 | 10,571 |
| 1981 | 10,505 |
| 1982 | 10,418 |
| 1983 | 10,303 |
| 1984 | 10,147 |
| 1985 | 9,950 |
| 1986 | 9,748 |
| 1987 | 9,567 |
| 1988 | 9,420 |
| 1989 | 9,316 |
| 1990 | 9,289 |
| 1991 | 9,317 |
| 1992 | 9,390 |
| 1993 | 9,500 |
| 1994 | 9,650 |
| 1995 | 9,835 |
| 1996 | 10,047 |
| 1997 | 10,261 |
| 1998 | 10,474 |
| 1999 | 10,684 |
| 2000 | 10,880 |
| 2001 | 11,090 |
| 2002 | 11,289 |
| 2003 | 11,483 |
| 2004 | 11,634 |
| 2005 | 11,731 |
| 2006 | 11,793 |
| 2007 | 11,814 |
| 2008 | 11,802 |
| 2009 | 11,777 |
| 2010 | 11,733 |
| 2011 | 11,701 |
| 2012 | 11,656 |
| 2013 | 11,556 |
| 2014 | 11,443 |
| 2015 | 11,343 |
| 2016 | 11,196 |
| 2017 | 11,046 |
| 2018 | 10,913 |
| 2019 | 10,717 |
| 2020 | 10,538 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Mauritania was 4,762 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,900 in 2014 and a minimum value of 2,401 in 1960.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,401 |
| 1961 | 2,462 |
| 1962 | 2,525 |
| 1963 | 2,595 |
| 1964 | 2,664 |
| 1965 | 2,734 |
| 1966 | 2,797 |
| 1967 | 2,856 |
| 1968 | 2,909 |
| 1969 | 2,965 |
| 1970 | 3,032 |
| 1971 | 3,113 |
| 1972 | 3,195 |
| 1973 | 3,277 |
| 1974 | 3,355 |
| 1975 | 3,426 |
| 1976 | 3,489 |
| 1977 | 3,549 |
| 1978 | 3,601 |
| 1979 | 3,657 |
| 1980 | 3,733 |
| 1981 | 3,822 |
| 1982 | 3,897 |
| 1983 | 3,949 |
| 1984 | 3,967 |
| 1985 | 3,959 |
| 1986 | 3,933 |
| 1987 | 3,893 |
| 1988 | 3,850 |
| 1989 | 3,817 |
| 1990 | 3,792 |
| 1991 | 3,792 |
| 1992 | 3,814 |
| 1993 | 3,854 |
| 1994 | 3,916 |
| 1995 | 3,983 |
| 1996 | 4,051 |
| 1997 | 4,124 |
| 1998 | 4,175 |
| 1999 | 4,222 |
| 2000 | 4,271 |
| 2001 | 4,330 |
| 2002 | 4,397 |
| 2003 | 4,478 |
| 2004 | 4,556 |
| 2005 | 4,618 |
| 2006 | 4,679 |
| 2007 | 4,733 |
| 2008 | 4,784 |
| 2009 | 4,819 |
| 2010 | 4,845 |
| 2011 | 4,866 |
| 2012 | 4,882 |
| 2013 | 4,894 |
| 2014 | 4,900 |
| 2015 | 4,893 |
| 2016 | 4,865 |
| 2017 | 4,842 |
| 2018 | 4,809 |
| 2019 | 4,787 |
| 2020 | 4,762 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
