New Zealand - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in New Zealand was 234.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,367.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 234.00 in 2020.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,367.00 |
| 1961 | 1,328.00 |
| 1962 | 1,282.00 |
| 1963 | 1,235.00 |
| 1964 | 1,192.00 |
| 1965 | 1,157.00 |
| 1966 | 1,129.00 |
| 1967 | 1,108.00 |
| 1968 | 1,090.00 |
| 1969 | 1,073.00 |
| 1970 | 1,054.00 |
| 1971 | 1,030.00 |
| 1972 | 999.00 |
| 1973 | 962.00 |
| 1974 | 918.00 |
| 1975 | 869.00 |
| 1976 | 818.00 |
| 1977 | 767.00 |
| 1978 | 722.00 |
| 1979 | 683.00 |
| 1980 | 652.00 |
| 1981 | 629.00 |
| 1982 | 614.00 |
| 1983 | 603.00 |
| 1984 | 595.00 |
| 1985 | 588.00 |
| 1986 | 581.00 |
| 1987 | 572.00 |
| 1988 | 558.00 |
| 1989 | 541.00 |
| 1990 | 522.00 |
| 1991 | 500.00 |
| 1992 | 477.00 |
| 1993 | 455.00 |
| 1994 | 434.00 |
| 1995 | 415.00 |
| 1996 | 396.00 |
| 1997 | 379.00 |
| 1998 | 363.00 |
| 1999 | 350.00 |
| 2000 | 340.00 |
| 2001 | 332.00 |
| 2002 | 327.00 |
| 2003 | 325.00 |
| 2004 | 324.00 |
| 2005 | 325.00 |
| 2006 | 327.00 |
| 2007 | 328.00 |
| 2008 | 328.00 |
| 2009 | 326.00 |
| 2010 | 321.00 |
| 2011 | 315.00 |
| 2012 | 307.00 |
| 2013 | 297.00 |
| 2014 | 288.00 |
| 2015 | 277.00 |
| 2016 | 268.00 |
| 2017 | 259.00 |
| 2018 | 250.00 |
| 2019 | 242.00 |
| 2020 | 234.00 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in New Zealand was 282.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,681.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 282.00 in 2020.
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 | 1,681.00 |
| 1961 | 1,634.00 |
| 1962 | 1,578.00 |
| 1963 | 1,522.00 |
| 1964 | 1,470.00 |
| 1965 | 1,425.00 |
| 1966 | 1,391.00 |
| 1967 | 1,364.00 |
| 1968 | 1,341.00 |
| 1969 | 1,319.00 |
| 1970 | 1,295.00 |
| 1971 | 1,266.00 |
| 1972 | 1,229.00 |
| 1973 | 1,186.00 |
| 1974 | 1,134.00 |
| 1975 | 1,077.00 |
| 1976 | 1,015.00 |
| 1977 | 953.00 |
| 1978 | 897.00 |
| 1979 | 847.00 |
| 1980 | 807.00 |
| 1981 | 776.00 |
| 1982 | 754.00 |
| 1983 | 738.00 |
| 1984 | 725.00 |
| 1985 | 715.00 |
| 1986 | 705.00 |
| 1987 | 692.00 |
| 1988 | 676.00 |
| 1989 | 655.00 |
| 1990 | 631.00 |
| 1991 | 605.00 |
| 1992 | 578.00 |
| 1993 | 552.00 |
| 1994 | 528.00 |
| 1995 | 505.00 |
| 1996 | 482.00 |
| 1997 | 462.00 |
| 1998 | 443.00 |
| 1999 | 427.00 |
| 2000 | 413.00 |
| 2001 | 403.00 |
| 2002 | 397.00 |
| 2003 | 392.00 |
| 2004 | 391.00 |
| 2005 | 391.00 |
| 2006 | 392.00 |
| 2007 | 393.00 |
| 2008 | 393.00 |
| 2009 | 391.00 |
| 2010 | 387.00 |
| 2011 | 380.00 |
| 2012 | 370.00 |
| 2013 | 360.00 |
| 2014 | 348.00 |
| 2015 | 336.00 |
| 2016 | 324.00 |
| 2017 | 312.00 |
| 2018 | 301.00 |
| 2019 | 291.00 |
| 2020 | 282.00 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in New Zealand was 158.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 679.00 in 1969 and a minimum value of 158.00 in 2020.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 679.00 |
| 1970 | 665.00 |
| 1971 | 649.00 |
| 1972 | 628.00 |
| 1973 | 598.00 |
| 1974 | 560.00 |
| 1975 | 517.00 |
| 1976 | 472.00 |
| 1977 | 429.00 |
| 1978 | 387.00 |
| 1979 | 351.00 |
| 1980 | 322.00 |
| 1981 | 300.00 |
| 1982 | 284.00 |
| 1983 | 272.00 |
| 1984 | 262.00 |
| 1985 | 256.00 |
| 1986 | 251.00 |
| 1987 | 250.00 |
| 1988 | 250.00 |
| 1989 | 251.00 |
| 1990 | 250.00 |
| 1991 | 245.00 |
| 1992 | 235.00 |
| 1993 | 223.00 |
| 1994 | 211.00 |
| 1995 | 202.00 |
| 1996 | 199.00 |
| 1997 | 198.00 |
| 1998 | 197.00 |
| 1999 | 196.00 |
| 2000 | 196.00 |
| 2001 | 196.00 |
| 2002 | 197.00 |
| 2003 | 196.00 |
| 2004 | 193.00 |
| 2005 | 188.00 |
| 2006 | 183.00 |
| 2007 | 181.00 |
| 2008 | 186.00 |
| 2009 | 196.00 |
| 2010 | 205.00 |
| 2011 | 209.00 |
| 2012 | 209.00 |
| 2013 | 205.00 |
| 2014 | 200.00 |
| 2015 | 192.00 |
| 2016 | 184.00 |
| 2017 | 176.00 |
| 2018 | 169.00 |
| 2019 | 163.00 |
| 2020 | 158.00 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
