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DEFINITION:
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 125.8 | 2009 | ||
| 2 | Chad | 124 | 2009 | ||
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 122.8 | 2009 | ||
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 115.2 | 2009 | ||
| 5 | Central African Republic | 112 | 2009 | ||
| 6 | Somalia | 108.5 | 2009 | ||
| 7 | Burundi | 101.3 | 2009 | ||
| 8 | Mali | 100.5 | 2009 | ||
| 9 | Angola | 98.1 | 2009 | ||
| 10 | Mozambique | 95.9 | 2009 | ||
| 11 | Cameroon | 94.6 | 2009 | ||
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 90.8 | 2009 | ||
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 88.1 | 2009 | ||
| 14 | Guinea | 87.8 | 2009 | ||
| 15 | Zambia | 86.3 | 2009 | ||
| 16 | Nigeria | 85.8 | 2009 | ||
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 83.1 | 2009 | ||
| 18 | Liberia | 79.9 | 2009 | ||
| 19 | Uganda | 79.4 | 2009 | ||
| 20 | The Gambia | 78.4 | 2009 | ||
| 21 | Niger | 75.7 | 2009 | ||
| 22 | Djibouti | 75 | 2009 | ||
| =23 | Comoros | 74.8 | 2009 | ||
| =23 | Benin | 74.8 | 2009 | ||
| 25 | Mauritania | 74.3 | 2009 | ||
| 26 | Rwanda | 70.4 | 2009 | ||
| 27 | Sudan | 69.3 | 2009 | ||
| 28 | Malawi | 68.8 | 2009 | ||
| 29 | Tanzania | 68.4 | 2009 | ||
| 30 | Ethiopia | 67.1 | 2009 | ||
| 31 | Togo | 64.3 | 2009 | ||
| 32 | Lesotho | 61 | 2009 | ||
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 56.3 | 2009 | ||
| 34 | Kenya | 54.8 | 2009 | ||
| =35 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52 | 2009 | ||
| =35 | Swaziland | 52 | 2009 | ||
| 37 | Gabon | 51.5 | 2009 | ||
| 38 | Senegal | 50.7 | 2009 | ||
| 39 | Ghana | 46.7 | 2009 | ||
| 40 | South Africa | 43.1 | 2009 | ||
| 41 | Botswana | 42.6 | 2009 | ||
| 42 | Madagascar | 40.5 | 2009 | ||
| 43 | Eritrea | 39.1 | 2009 | ||
| 44 | Namibia | 33.6 | 2009 | ||
| 45 | Cape Verde | 23.3 | 2009 | ||
| 46 | Mauritius | 15.4 | 2009 | ||
| 47 | Seychelles | 11.1 | 2009 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Health > Death rates > Infants
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranked first for death rates > infants amongst Hot countries in 2009.
- Chad ranked first for death rates > infants amongst Muslim countries in 2009.
- Azerbaijan ranked first for death rates > infants amongst Europe in 2009.
- Sierra Leone ranked first for death rates > infants amongst Former British colonies in 2009.
- Romania ranked first for death rates > infants amongst European Union in 2009.
- Chile ranked first for death rates > infants amongst High income OECD countries in 2009.
- Pakistan ranked first for death rates > infants amongst Emerging markets in 2009.
- Sudan ranked first for death rates > infants amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2009.
- Turkey ranked first for death rates > infants amongst NATO countries in 2009.
- Burundi ranked first for death rates > infants amongst Catholic countries in 2009.