United Kingdom - Mortality rate

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in United Kingdom was 4.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.60 in 1960 and a minimum value of 4.20 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified 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
1960 26.60
1961 26.10
1962 25.60
1963 24.90
1964 24.20
1965 23.40
1966 22.80
1967 22.20
1968 21.80
1969 21.40
1970 21.00
1971 20.60
1972 20.00
1973 19.40
1974 18.70
1975 18.00
1976 17.20
1977 16.40
1978 15.70
1979 14.90
1980 14.10
1981 13.40
1982 12.70
1983 12.20
1984 11.70
1985 11.40
1986 11.10
1987 10.80
1988 10.40
1989 9.90
1990 9.30
1991 8.70
1992 8.20
1993 7.70
1994 7.40
1995 7.20
1996 7.00
1997 6.90
1998 6.80
1999 6.70
2000 6.50
2001 6.40
2002 6.30
2003 6.20
2004 6.10
2005 6.00
2006 5.90
2007 5.80
2008 5.60
2009 5.40
2010 5.20
2011 5.00
2012 4.80
2013 4.70
2014 4.50
2015 4.50
2016 4.40
2017 4.40
2018 4.30
2019 4.30
2020 4.20

Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in United Kingdom was 3.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.30 in 1960 and a minimum value of 3.80 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 23.30
1961 22.90
1962 22.40
1963 21.90
1964 21.20
1965 20.60
1966 20.00
1967 19.60
1968 19.10
1969 18.70
1970 18.30
1971 18.00
1972 17.50
1973 17.00
1974 16.40
1975 15.80
1976 15.00
1977 14.40
1978 13.80
1979 13.10
1980 12.40
1981 11.70
1982 11.10
1983 10.70
1984 10.30
1985 10.00
1986 9.70
1987 9.40
1988 9.00
1989 8.60
1990 8.10
1991 7.60
1992 7.20
1993 6.80
1994 6.60
1995 6.40
1996 6.20
1997 6.10
1998 6.00
1999 5.90
2000 5.80
2001 5.80
2002 5.70
2003 5.60
2004 5.50
2005 5.40
2006 5.30
2007 5.20
2008 5.00
2009 4.80
2010 4.70
2011 4.40
2012 4.30
2013 4.20
2014 4.10
2015 4.00
2016 4.00
2017 4.00
2018 3.90
2019 3.90
2020 3.80

Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in United Kingdom was 4.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29.60 in 1960 and a minimum value of 4.60 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 29.60
1961 29.20
1962 28.70
1963 27.80
1964 27.00
1965 26.20
1966 25.40
1967 24.70
1968 24.40
1969 24.00
1970 23.60
1971 23.10
1972 22.40
1973 21.70
1974 21.00
1975 20.10
1976 19.30
1977 18.40
1978 17.50
1979 16.60
1980 15.80
1981 15.00
1982 14.20
1983 13.60
1984 13.10
1985 12.70
1986 12.40
1987 12.10
1988 11.70
1989 11.10
1990 10.40
1991 9.70
1992 9.10
1993 8.60
1994 8.20
1995 8.00
1996 7.80
1997 7.60
1998 7.50
1999 7.40
2000 7.20
2001 7.10
2002 7.00
2003 6.80
2004 6.70
2005 6.60
2006 6.50
2007 6.30
2008 6.10
2009 5.90
2010 5.70
2011 5.50
2012 5.30
2013 5.10
2014 5.00
2015 4.90
2016 4.80
2017 4.80
2018 4.70
2019 4.70
2020 4.60

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

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in United Kingdom was 2.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 2.70 in 2014.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 16.00
1961 15.60
1962 15.10
1963 14.60
1964 14.10
1965 13.70
1966 13.30
1967 13.00
1968 12.60
1969 12.40
1970 12.20
1971 12.00
1972 11.80
1973 11.50
1974 11.20
1975 10.70
1976 10.20
1977 9.60
1978 8.80
1979 8.10
1980 7.50
1981 6.90
1982 6.40
1983 6.10
1984 5.70
1985 5.50
1986 5.20
1987 5.00
1988 4.80
1989 4.60
1990 4.50
1991 4.40
1992 4.40
1993 4.30
1994 4.20
1995 4.10
1996 4.00
1997 3.90
1998 3.90
1999 3.80
2000 3.80
2001 3.70
2002 3.60
2003 3.60
2004 3.50
2005 3.50
2006 3.40
2007 3.30
2008 3.20
2009 3.10
2010 3.00
2011 3.00
2012 2.90
2013 2.80
2014 2.70
2015 2.70
2016 2.70
2017 2.80
2018 2.80
2019 2.80
2020 2.70

Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in United Kingdom was 54.58 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 111.37 in 1963 and a minimum value of 53.08 in 2017.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 109.37
1961 110.91
1962 110.50
1963 111.37
1964 107.74
1965 108.28
1966 108.54
1967 104.59
1968 106.32
1969 109.38
1970 106.88
1971 105.40
1972 107.62
1973 105.54
1974 104.66
1975 102.73
1976 103.04
1977 99.98
1978 101.77
1979 100.47
1980 96.53
1981 94.26
1982 92.50
1983 90.34
1984 88.44
1985 87.05
1986 84.42
1987 83.52
1988 81.77
1989 80.43
1990 78.12
1991 75.84
1992 74.16
1993 74.27
1994 71.99
1995 72.51
1996 71.24
1997 69.78
1998 69.21
1999 68.32
2000 67.60
2001 65.77
2002 64.84
2003 64.55
2004 62.08
2005 61.57
2006 60.82
2007 60.01
2008 60.10
2009 58.13
2010 57.45
2011 55.74
2012 54.36
2013 53.89
2014 53.64
2015 54.08
2016 55.14
2017 53.08
2018 54.58

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in United Kingdom was 87.15 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 189.59 in 1963 and a minimum value of 83.91 in 2014.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 186.21
1961 188.08
1962 187.24
1963 189.59
1964 184.22
1965 183.97
1966 184.22
1967 176.86
1968 179.01
1969 182.49
1970 180.28
1971 176.12
1972 179.24
1973 179.11
1974 176.04
1975 171.31
1976 171.75
1977 166.95
1978 168.41
1979 168.58
1980 161.79
1981 157.79
1982 153.71
1983 149.98
1984 145.22
1985 143.62
1986 141.30
1987 137.50
1988 134.77
1989 130.52
1990 129.27
1991 126.79
1992 122.74
1993 122.62
1994 118.11
1995 118.73
1996 116.98
1997 114.33
1998 113.61
1999 112.40
2000 108.45
2001 107.22
2002 105.90
2003 103.81
2004 99.55
2005 97.44
2006 99.26
2007 97.56
2008 96.72
2009 94.26
2010 91.11
2011 87.29
2012 83.93
2013 85.19
2014 83.91
2015 84.59
2016 85.68
2017 84.62
2018 87.15

Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in United Kingdom was 3.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 3.30 in 2019.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 20.00
1961 19.60
1962 19.10
1963 18.70
1964 18.10
1965 17.60
1966 17.10
1967 16.70
1968 16.30
1969 15.90
1970 15.60
1971 15.30
1972 15.00
1973 14.50
1974 13.90
1975 13.40
1976 12.80
1977 12.30
1978 11.70
1979 11.20
1980 10.60
1981 10.00
1982 9.40
1983 9.00
1984 8.70
1985 8.40
1986 8.20
1987 7.90
1988 7.60
1989 7.30
1990 6.90
1991 6.40
1992 6.10
1993 5.80
1994 5.50
1995 5.40
1996 5.30
1997 5.20
1998 5.10
1999 5.00
2000 5.00
2001 4.90
2002 4.80
2003 4.80
2004 4.70
2005 4.60
2006 4.50
2007 4.40
2008 4.30
2009 4.10
2010 4.00
2011 3.80
2012 3.70
2013 3.60
2014 3.50
2015 3.40
2016 3.40
2017 3.40
2018 3.40
2019 3.30
2020 3.30

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in United Kingdom was 3.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.90 in 1960 and a minimum value of 3.60 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 22.90
1961 22.50
1962 22.00
1963 21.40
1964 20.80
1965 20.10
1966 19.60
1967 19.10
1968 18.70
1969 18.40
1970 18.00
1971 17.60
1972 17.20
1973 16.60
1974 16.00
1975 15.40
1976 14.70
1977 14.10
1978 13.40
1979 12.70
1980 12.10
1981 11.40
1982 10.80
1983 10.40
1984 10.00
1985 9.70
1986 9.40
1987 9.20
1988 8.80
1989 8.40
1990 7.90
1991 7.40
1992 6.90
1993 6.60
1994 6.30
1995 6.10
1996 6.00
1997 5.90
1998 5.80
1999 5.70
2000 5.60
2001 5.50
2002 5.40
2003 5.30
2004 5.20
2005 5.10
2006 5.00
2007 4.90
2008 4.80
2009 4.60
2010 4.40
2011 4.30
2012 4.10
2013 4.00
2014 3.90
2015 3.80
2016 3.80
2017 3.80
2018 3.70
2019 3.70
2020 3.60

Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in United Kingdom was 3.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.60 in 1960 and a minimum value of 3.90 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 25.60
1961 25.20
1962 24.80
1963 24.00
1964 23.30
1965 22.60
1966 21.90
1967 21.30
1968 21.00
1969 20.70
1970 20.30
1971 19.90
1972 19.30
1973 18.70
1974 18.00
1975 17.20
1976 16.50
1977 15.80
1978 15.00
1979 14.30
1980 13.50
1981 12.80
1982 12.20
1983 11.60
1984 11.20
1985 10.90
1986 10.70
1987 10.40
1988 10.00
1989 9.50
1990 8.90
1991 8.30
1992 7.80
1993 7.40
1994 7.00
1995 6.80
1996 6.60
1997 6.50
1998 6.40
1999 6.30
2000 6.10
2001 6.00
2002 5.90
2003 5.80
2004 5.80
2005 5.70
2006 5.50
2007 5.40
2008 5.20
2009 5.10
2010 4.90
2011 4.70
2012 4.50
2013 4.40
2014 4.30
2015 4.20
2016 4.10
2017 4.10
2018 4.10
2019 4.00
2020 3.90

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality