South and Central Asia 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 | Afghanistan | 149.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
2 | Pakistan | 63.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
3 | Bangladesh | 50.73 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
4 | India | 47.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
5 | Nepal | 44.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
6 | Bhutan | 44.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
7 | Turkmenistan | 42.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
8 | Tajikistan | 38.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
9 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.27 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
10 | Maldives | 27.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
11 | Kazakhstan | 24.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
12 | Uzbekistan | 21.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
13 | Sri Lanka | 9.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 |