South Africa - 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.
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| 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 |
Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
