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Neonatal mortality

Neonatal mortality levels play an increasingly important role in child mortality. The proportion of child deaths which occur in the neonatal period has increased in all WHO regions over the last 20 years. WHO is leading the production of the neonatal mortality estimates within the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). UN IGME - which also includes members from UNICEF, the World Bank and United Nations Population Division - was established in 2004 to advance the work on monitoring progress towards the achievement of MDG4.

LATEST ESTIMATES

Latest neonatal mortality estimates for 2010 for 193 Member States of the WHO using the latest empirical data.

• World Health Statistics 2012
• UNICEF, WHO, The World Bank, the United Nations Population Division. Levels and Trends in Child Mortality, Report 2011. UNICEF, 2011.
  pdf, 3.70Mb
• From WHO Global Health Observatory
• From UN IGME Child Mortality Estimates Info database

LATEST EMPIRICAL DATA

Database consisting of neonatal mortality rates and under-5 mortality rates from civil registration, surveillance systems, and household surveys.

• Latest empirical data
  xls, 574kb

METHODOLOGY

The methodology of neonatal mortality is based on the following paper.

• Oestergaard MZ, Inoue M, Yoshida S, Mahanani WR, Gore FM, et al. (2011) Neonatal Mortality Levels for 193 Countries in 2009 with Trends since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of Progress, Projections, and Priorities. PLoS Med 8(8): e1001080. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001080.