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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Nigeria was 35.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 69.40 in 1967 and a minimum value of 35.50 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
1967 69.40
1968 68.60
1969 67.50
1970 66.30
1971 65.00
1972 63.70
1973 62.30
1974 61.00
1975 59.70
1976 58.30
1977 57.10
1978 55.80
1979 54.60
1980 53.50
1981 52.50
1982 51.60
1983 50.90
1984 50.40
1985 50.00
1986 49.80
1987 49.70
1988 49.80
1989 49.80
1990 49.90
1991 49.90
1992 50.00
1993 50.10
1994 50.00
1995 49.80
1996 49.50
1997 49.00
1998 48.30
1999 47.40
2000 46.40
2001 45.30
2002 44.10
2003 43.00
2004 41.90
2005 40.90
2006 40.10
2007 39.50
2008 39.00
2009 38.50
2010 38.10
2011 37.80
2012 37.60
2013 37.50
2014 37.30
2015 37.20
2016 37.00
2017 36.70
2018 36.30
2019 35.90
2020 35.50

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 Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.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