Infant mortality

Deaths before the first birthday per 1,000 live births.

The infant mortality rate is the number of babies who die before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in that year. It is one of the oldest and most telling measures of a country's health, as it responds to clean water, vaccines, nutrition and care at birth. The UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, the WHO, the World Bank and the UN Population Division) produces the estimates from surveys, censuses and vital registration, and the World Bank republishes them.

• Health
• Mortality
• Children
• Infants
• Country
• Year