United States - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in United States was 21,451 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 109,274 in 1960 and a minimum value of 21,451 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 |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 109,274 |
| 1961 | 106,081 |
| 1962 | 102,464 |
| 1963 | 98,507 |
| 1964 | 94,320 |
| 1965 | 89,984 |
| 1966 | 85,600 |
| 1967 | 81,224 |
| 1968 | 76,932 |
| 1969 | 72,775 |
| 1970 | 68,816 |
| 1971 | 65,084 |
| 1972 | 61,571 |
| 1973 | 58,266 |
| 1974 | 55,157 |
| 1975 | 52,306 |
| 1976 | 49,769 |
| 1977 | 47,560 |
| 1978 | 45,693 |
| 1979 | 44,147 |
| 1980 | 42,879 |
| 1981 | 41,847 |
| 1982 | 41,025 |
| 1983 | 40,373 |
| 1984 | 39,869 |
| 1985 | 39,456 |
| 1986 | 39,091 |
| 1987 | 38,713 |
| 1988 | 38,257 |
| 1989 | 37,673 |
| 1990 | 36,919 |
| 1991 | 35,974 |
| 1992 | 34,880 |
| 1993 | 33,688 |
| 1994 | 32,488 |
| 1995 | 31,348 |
| 1996 | 30,343 |
| 1997 | 29,506 |
| 1998 | 28,852 |
| 1999 | 28,375 |
| 2000 | 28,068 |
| 2001 | 27,900 |
| 2002 | 27,837 |
| 2003 | 27,825 |
| 2004 | 27,823 |
| 2005 | 27,762 |
| 2006 | 27,585 |
| 2007 | 27,261 |
| 2008 | 26,788 |
| 2009 | 26,200 |
| 2010 | 25,530 |
| 2011 | 24,844 |
| 2012 | 24,184 |
| 2013 | 23,594 |
| 2014 | 23,089 |
| 2015 | 22,671 |
| 2016 | 22,334 |
| 2017 | 22,068 |
| 2018 | 21,847 |
| 2019 | 21,652 |
| 2020 | 21,451 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in United States was 24,976 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 126,969 in 1960 and a minimum value of 24,976 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 | 126,969 |
| 1961 | 123,500 |
| 1962 | 119,520 |
| 1963 | 115,131 |
| 1964 | 110,450 |
| 1965 | 105,558 |
| 1966 | 100,573 |
| 1967 | 95,560 |
| 1968 | 90,612 |
| 1969 | 85,792 |
| 1970 | 81,178 |
| 1971 | 76,818 |
| 1972 | 72,703 |
| 1973 | 68,833 |
| 1974 | 65,194 |
| 1975 | 61,854 |
| 1976 | 58,872 |
| 1977 | 56,266 |
| 1978 | 54,055 |
| 1979 | 52,219 |
| 1980 | 50,709 |
| 1981 | 49,487 |
| 1982 | 48,527 |
| 1983 | 47,781 |
| 1984 | 47,221 |
| 1985 | 46,774 |
| 1986 | 46,387 |
| 1987 | 45,981 |
| 1988 | 45,474 |
| 1989 | 44,810 |
| 1990 | 43,940 |
| 1991 | 42,847 |
| 1992 | 41,575 |
| 1993 | 40,186 |
| 1994 | 38,778 |
| 1995 | 37,429 |
| 1996 | 36,224 |
| 1997 | 35,199 |
| 1998 | 34,372 |
| 1999 | 33,746 |
| 2000 | 33,312 |
| 2001 | 33,043 |
| 2002 | 32,899 |
| 2003 | 32,826 |
| 2004 | 32,777 |
| 2005 | 32,674 |
| 2006 | 32,448 |
| 2007 | 32,061 |
| 2008 | 31,513 |
| 2009 | 30,828 |
| 2010 | 30,050 |
| 2011 | 29,249 |
| 2012 | 28,469 |
| 2013 | 27,757 |
| 2014 | 27,137 |
| 2015 | 26,612 |
| 2016 | 26,176 |
| 2017 | 25,817 |
| 2018 | 25,515 |
| 2019 | 25,248 |
| 2020 | 24,976 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in United States was 13,377 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54,324 in 1969 and a minimum value of 13,377 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 |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 54,324 |
| 1970 | 51,863 |
| 1971 | 48,917 |
| 1972 | 45,721 |
| 1973 | 42,754 |
| 1974 | 40,225 |
| 1975 | 37,909 |
| 1976 | 35,630 |
| 1977 | 33,436 |
| 1978 | 31,514 |
| 1979 | 29,960 |
| 1980 | 28,795 |
| 1981 | 28,023 |
| 1982 | 27,499 |
| 1983 | 27,037 |
| 1984 | 26,531 |
| 1985 | 26,004 |
| 1986 | 25,473 |
| 1987 | 24,911 |
| 1988 | 24,253 |
| 1989 | 23,493 |
| 1990 | 22,739 |
| 1991 | 22,089 |
| 1992 | 21,512 |
| 1993 | 20,917 |
| 1994 | 20,289 |
| 1995 | 19,721 |
| 1996 | 19,299 |
| 1997 | 18,993 |
| 1998 | 18,708 |
| 1999 | 18,433 |
| 2000 | 18,308 |
| 2001 | 18,449 |
| 2002 | 18,715 |
| 2003 | 18,853 |
| 2004 | 18,737 |
| 2005 | 18,488 |
| 2006 | 18,246 |
| 2007 | 17,996 |
| 2008 | 17,636 |
| 2009 | 17,162 |
| 2010 | 16,716 |
| 2011 | 16,434 |
| 2012 | 16,239 |
| 2013 | 15,986 |
| 2014 | 15,614 |
| 2015 | 15,239 |
| 2016 | 14,967 |
| 2017 | 14,725 |
| 2018 | 14,382 |
| 2019 | 13,887 |
| 2020 | 13,377 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
