Caribbean small states | Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration. Development relevance: The crude mortality rate is a good indicator of the general health status of a geographic area or population. The crude death rate is not appropriate for comparison of different populations or areas with large differences in age-distributions. Higher crude death rates can be found in some developed countries, despite high life expectancy, because typically these countries have a much higher proportion of older people, due to lower recent birth rates and lower age-specific mortality rates. Limitations and exceptions: Vital registers are the preferred source for these data, but in many developing countries systems for registering births and deaths are absent or incomplete because of deficiencies in the coverage of events or geographic areas. Many developing countries carry out special household surveys that ask respondents about recent births and deaths. Estimates derived in this way are subject to sampling errors and recall errors. Statistical concept and methodology: The crude death rate is calculated as the number of deaths in a given period divided by the population exposed to risk of death in that period. For human populations the period is usually one year and, if the population changes in size over the year, the divisor is taken as the population at the mid-year. The rate is usually expressed in terms of 1,000 people: for example, a crude death rate of 9.5 (per 1000 people) in a population of 1 million would imply 9500 deaths per year in the entire population. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration. Vital rates are based on data from birth and death registration systems, censuses, and sample surveys by national statistical offices and other organizations, or on demographic analysis. Data for the most recent year for some high-income countries are provisional estimates based on vital registers. The estimates for many countries are projections based on extrapolations of levels and trends from earlier years or interpolations of population estimates and projections from the United Nations Population Division.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Caribbean small states
Records
63
Source
Caribbean small states | Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
1960 9.71749943
1961 9.61462471
1962 9.3311931
1963 9.10706926
1964 8.95422663
1965 8.83049627
1966 8.69648443
1967 8.58669709
1968 8.60299935
1969 8.5471457
1970 8.43408072
1971 8.3720094
1972 8.35815498
1973 8.22122443
1974 8.0292453
1975 7.99022172
1976 7.97598684
1977 7.95224092
1978 7.8680161
1979 7.82252721
1980 7.80088911
1981 7.71984807
1982 7.63619022
1983 7.63628425
1984 7.58243466
1985 7.53888489
1986 7.42275199
1987 7.33277847
1988 7.26449771
1989 7.14854104
1990 7.14659247
1991 7.12810559
1992 7.16874348
1993 7.10057655
1994 7.1174521
1995 7.08224811
1996 7.07569034
1997 7.15505758
1998 7.122848
1999 7.19388788
2000 7.08757363
2001 7.06661793
2002 6.97504322
2003 7.12551406
2004 6.96442708
2005 6.8975727
2006 6.86101466
2007 6.78509866
2008 6.80030119
2009 6.57512227
2010 6.59432991
2011 6.55137575
2012 6.54159016
2013 6.62121014
2014 6.76405178
2015 6.9079676
2016 7.08666711
2017 7.20610633
2018 7.35014261
2019 7.48521984
2020 7.67845113
2021 8.94012435
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Caribbean small states | Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration. Development relevance: The crude mortality rate is a good indicator of the general health status of a geographic area or population. The crude death rate is not appropriate for comparison of different populations or areas with large differences in age-distributions. Higher crude death rates can be found in some developed countries, despite high life expectancy, because typically these countries have a much higher proportion of older people, due to lower recent birth rates and lower age-specific mortality rates. Limitations and exceptions: Vital registers are the preferred source for these data, but in many developing countries systems for registering births and deaths are absent or incomplete because of deficiencies in the coverage of events or geographic areas. Many developing countries carry out special household surveys that ask respondents about recent births and deaths. Estimates derived in this way are subject to sampling errors and recall errors. Statistical concept and methodology: The crude death rate is calculated as the number of deaths in a given period divided by the population exposed to risk of death in that period. For human populations the period is usually one year and, if the population changes in size over the year, the divisor is taken as the population at the mid-year. The rate is usually expressed in terms of 1,000 people: for example, a crude death rate of 9.5 (per 1000 people) in a population of 1 million would imply 9500 deaths per year in the entire population. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration. Vital rates are based on data from birth and death registration systems, censuses, and sample surveys by national statistical offices and other organizations, or on demographic analysis. Data for the most recent year for some high-income countries are provisional estimates based on vital registers. The estimates for many countries are projections based on extrapolations of levels and trends from earlier years or interpolations of population estimates and projections from the United Nations Population Division.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Caribbean small states
Records
63
Source