United Kingdom - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in United Kingdom was 2,795 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,935 in 1962 and a minimum value of 2,795 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 | 20,701 |
| 1961 | 20,915 |
| 1962 | 20,935 |
| 1963 | 20,696 |
| 1964 | 20,237 |
| 1965 | 19,612 |
| 1966 | 18,871 |
| 1967 | 18,067 |
| 1968 | 17,255 |
| 1969 | 16,409 |
| 1970 | 15,504 |
| 1971 | 14,556 |
| 1972 | 13,583 |
| 1973 | 12,614 |
| 1974 | 11,696 |
| 1975 | 10,866 |
| 1976 | 10,147 |
| 1977 | 9,543 |
| 1978 | 9,039 |
| 1979 | 8,602 |
| 1980 | 8,216 |
| 1981 | 7,884 |
| 1982 | 7,626 |
| 1983 | 7,441 |
| 1984 | 7,320 |
| 1985 | 7,245 |
| 1986 | 7,170 |
| 1987 | 7,046 |
| 1988 | 6,836 |
| 1989 | 6,534 |
| 1990 | 6,150 |
| 1991 | 5,733 |
| 1992 | 5,348 |
| 1993 | 5,029 |
| 1994 | 4,775 |
| 1995 | 4,583 |
| 1996 | 4,431 |
| 1997 | 4,293 |
| 1998 | 4,156 |
| 1999 | 4,023 |
| 2000 | 3,899 |
| 2001 | 3,797 |
| 2002 | 3,724 |
| 2003 | 3,684 |
| 2004 | 3,671 |
| 2005 | 3,676 |
| 2006 | 3,687 |
| 2007 | 3,686 |
| 2008 | 3,657 |
| 2009 | 3,598 |
| 2010 | 3,512 |
| 2011 | 3,407 |
| 2012 | 3,298 |
| 2013 | 3,196 |
| 2014 | 3,108 |
| 2015 | 3,037 |
| 2016 | 2,980 |
| 2017 | 2,933 |
| 2018 | 2,889 |
| 2019 | 2,844 |
| 2020 | 2,795 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in United Kingdom was 3,253 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,129 in 1962 and a minimum value of 3,253 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 | 23,821 |
| 1961 | 24,079 |
| 1962 | 24,129 |
| 1963 | 23,896 |
| 1964 | 23,420 |
| 1965 | 22,761 |
| 1966 | 21,972 |
| 1967 | 21,111 |
| 1968 | 20,233 |
| 1969 | 19,303 |
| 1970 | 18,292 |
| 1971 | 17,215 |
| 1972 | 16,091 |
| 1973 | 14,958 |
| 1974 | 13,870 |
| 1975 | 12,875 |
| 1976 | 12,002 |
| 1977 | 11,260 |
| 1978 | 10,636 |
| 1979 | 10,096 |
| 1980 | 9,620 |
| 1981 | 9,213 |
| 1982 | 8,898 |
| 1983 | 8,674 |
| 1984 | 8,531 |
| 1985 | 8,447 |
| 1986 | 8,367 |
| 1987 | 8,234 |
| 1988 | 8,002 |
| 1989 | 7,662 |
| 1990 | 7,224 |
| 1991 | 6,745 |
| 1992 | 6,301 |
| 1993 | 5,931 |
| 1994 | 5,636 |
| 1995 | 5,412 |
| 1996 | 5,233 |
| 1997 | 5,073 |
| 1998 | 4,914 |
| 1999 | 4,758 |
| 2000 | 4,612 |
| 2001 | 4,487 |
| 2002 | 4,392 |
| 2003 | 4,332 |
| 2004 | 4,303 |
| 2005 | 4,295 |
| 2006 | 4,296 |
| 2007 | 4,285 |
| 2008 | 4,248 |
| 2009 | 4,179 |
| 2010 | 4,081 |
| 2011 | 3,963 |
| 2012 | 3,841 |
| 2013 | 3,727 |
| 2014 | 3,628 |
| 2015 | 3,547 |
| 2016 | 3,481 |
| 2017 | 3,425 |
| 2018 | 3,371 |
| 2019 | 3,316 |
| 2020 | 3,253 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in United Kingdom was 2,114 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,727 in 1961 and a minimum value of 2,114 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 |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,727 |
| 1962 | 14,556 |
| 1963 | 14,229 |
| 1964 | 13,811 |
| 1965 | 13,334 |
| 1966 | 12,794 |
| 1967 | 12,189 |
| 1968 | 11,534 |
| 1969 | 10,886 |
| 1970 | 10,282 |
| 1971 | 9,713 |
| 1972 | 9,147 |
| 1973 | 8,578 |
| 1974 | 8,021 |
| 1975 | 7,489 |
| 1976 | 6,981 |
| 1977 | 6,475 |
| 1978 | 5,970 |
| 1979 | 5,503 |
| 1980 | 5,112 |
| 1981 | 4,804 |
| 1982 | 4,571 |
| 1983 | 4,396 |
| 1984 | 4,260 |
| 1985 | 4,139 |
| 1986 | 4,015 |
| 1987 | 3,877 |
| 1988 | 3,725 |
| 1989 | 3,587 |
| 1990 | 3,488 |
| 1991 | 3,416 |
| 1992 | 3,351 |
| 1993 | 3,278 |
| 1994 | 3,187 |
| 1995 | 3,065 |
| 1996 | 2,937 |
| 1997 | 2,835 |
| 1998 | 2,774 |
| 1999 | 2,715 |
| 2000 | 2,635 |
| 2001 | 2,551 |
| 2002 | 2,495 |
| 2003 | 2,481 |
| 2004 | 2,493 |
| 2005 | 2,512 |
| 2006 | 2,526 |
| 2007 | 2,527 |
| 2008 | 2,510 |
| 2009 | 2,477 |
| 2010 | 2,432 |
| 2011 | 2,373 |
| 2012 | 2,304 |
| 2013 | 2,236 |
| 2014 | 2,181 |
| 2015 | 2,157 |
| 2016 | 2,155 |
| 2017 | 2,157 |
| 2018 | 2,156 |
| 2019 | 2,142 |
| 2020 | 2,114 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
