South Africa - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in South Africa was 30,153 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78,927 in 1975 and a minimum value of 30,153 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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1975 | 78,927 |
| 1976 | 76,526 |
| 1977 | 74,416 |
| 1978 | 72,604 |
| 1979 | 70,947 |
| 1980 | 69,505 |
| 1981 | 68,153 |
| 1982 | 66,809 |
| 1983 | 65,460 |
| 1984 | 63,994 |
| 1985 | 62,393 |
| 1986 | 60,580 |
| 1987 | 58,537 |
| 1988 | 56,396 |
| 1989 | 54,314 |
| 1990 | 52,305 |
| 1991 | 50,598 |
| 1992 | 49,223 |
| 1993 | 48,334 |
| 1994 | 47,862 |
| 1995 | 47,723 |
| 1996 | 47,749 |
| 1997 | 47,681 |
| 1998 | 47,767 |
| 1999 | 48,219 |
| 2000 | 48,469 |
| 2001 | 48,934 |
| 2002 | 49,545 |
| 2003 | 50,713 |
| 2004 | 52,688 |
| 2005 | 53,752 |
| 2006 | 54,092 |
| 2007 | 52,751 |
| 2008 | 49,598 |
| 2009 | 44,926 |
| 2010 | 40,694 |
| 2011 | 38,338 |
| 2012 | 37,180 |
| 2013 | 36,173 |
| 2014 | 35,302 |
| 2015 | 34,249 |
| 2016 | 33,356 |
| 2017 | 32,777 |
| 2018 | 31,810 |
| 2019 | 30,937 |
| 2020 | 30,153 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in South Africa was 37,807 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 97,213 in 1979 and a minimum value of 37,807 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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1979 | 97,213 |
| 1980 | 94,591 |
| 1981 | 92,096 |
| 1982 | 89,742 |
| 1983 | 87,463 |
| 1984 | 85,089 |
| 1985 | 82,606 |
| 1986 | 79,895 |
| 1987 | 76,945 |
| 1988 | 73,887 |
| 1989 | 70,968 |
| 1990 | 68,241 |
| 1991 | 66,039 |
| 1992 | 64,471 |
| 1993 | 63,814 |
| 1994 | 64,027 |
| 1995 | 64,998 |
| 1996 | 66,432 |
| 1997 | 67,803 |
| 1998 | 69,638 |
| 1999 | 71,554 |
| 2000 | 73,067 |
| 2001 | 74,876 |
| 2002 | 76,626 |
| 2003 | 78,914 |
| 2004 | 82,102 |
| 2005 | 84,721 |
| 2006 | 86,629 |
| 2007 | 83,796 |
| 2008 | 77,985 |
| 2009 | 69,407 |
| 2010 | 60,679 |
| 2011 | 53,903 |
| 2012 | 49,417 |
| 2013 | 47,013 |
| 2014 | 45,130 |
| 2015 | 43,546 |
| 2016 | 42,080 |
| 2017 | 41,205 |
| 2018 | 40,146 |
| 2019 | 38,969 |
| 2020 | 37,807 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in South Africa was 12,392 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27,817 in 1981 and a minimum value of 12,392 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 |
|---|---|
| 1976 | 26,553 |
| 1977 | 26,791 |
| 1978 | 27,072 |
| 1979 | 27,350 |
| 1980 | 27,646 |
| 1981 | 27,817 |
| 1982 | 27,791 |
| 1983 | 27,647 |
| 1984 | 27,358 |
| 1985 | 26,970 |
| 1986 | 26,448 |
| 1987 | 25,856 |
| 1988 | 25,223 |
| 1989 | 24,512 |
| 1990 | 23,761 |
| 1991 | 23,056 |
| 1992 | 22,437 |
| 1993 | 21,769 |
| 1994 | 21,100 |
| 1995 | 20,452 |
| 1996 | 19,810 |
| 1997 | 19,134 |
| 1998 | 18,475 |
| 1999 | 17,906 |
| 2000 | 17,391 |
| 2001 | 16,960 |
| 2002 | 16,645 |
| 2003 | 16,363 |
| 2004 | 16,107 |
| 2005 | 15,885 |
| 2006 | 15,687 |
| 2007 | 15,477 |
| 2008 | 15,152 |
| 2009 | 14,760 |
| 2010 | 14,374 |
| 2011 | 13,966 |
| 2012 | 13,614 |
| 2013 | 13,406 |
| 2014 | 13,306 |
| 2015 | 13,304 |
| 2016 | 13,289 |
| 2017 | 13,184 |
| 2018 | 12,990 |
| 2019 | 12,718 |
| 2020 | 12,392 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
