East Asia and Pacific 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 | Laos | 59.46 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
2 | Cambodia | 55.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
3 | Burma | 49.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
4 | Vanuatu | 46.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
5 | Papua New Guinea | 43.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
6 | Kiribati | 38.89 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
7 | East Timor | 38.01 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
8 | Mongolia | 37.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
9 | Tuvalu | 34.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
10 | Indonesia | 27.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
11 | North Korea | 27.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
12 | Federated States of Micronesia | 24.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
13 | Marshall Islands | 23.74 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
14 | Samoa | 22.74 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
15 | Vietnam | 20.9 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
16 | Philippines | 19.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
17 | Solomon Islands | 17.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
18 | Thailand | 16.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
19 | China | 16.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
20 | Malaysia | 15.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
21 | Tonga | 13.65 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
22 | Palau | 12.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
23 | Brunei | 11.51 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
24 | Fiji | 11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
25 | Nauru | 8.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
26 | Taiwan | 5.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
27 | New Zealand | 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
28 | Australia | 4.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
29 | South Korea | 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
30 | Japan | 2.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
31 | Singapore | 2.32 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 |