High income OECD countries Compared by Health > Infant mortality rate > Total
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Chile | 7.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
2 | Estonia | 7.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
3 | Slovakia | 6.59 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
4 | Poland | 6.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
5 | United States | 6.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
6 | Greece | 5 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
7 | Canada | 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
8 | New Zealand | 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
9 | Portugal | 4.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
10 | United Kingdom | 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
11 | Australia | 4.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
12 | Netherlands | 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
13 | Luxembourg | 4.44 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
14 | Belgium | 4.33 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
15 | Austria | 4.32 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
16 | Denmark | 4.24 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
17 | Slovenia | 4.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
18 | South Korea | 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
19 | Israel | 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
20 | Switzerland | 4.08 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
21 | Ireland | 3.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
22 | Czech Republic | 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
23 | Germany | 3.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
24 | Norway | 3.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
25 | Finland | 3.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
26 | Spain | 3.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
27 | Italy | 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
28 | France | 3.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
29 | Iceland | 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
30 | Japan | 2.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
31 | Sweden | 2.74 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 |