South Africa | Number of infant deaths

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age. Limitations and exceptions: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source
South Africa | Number of infant deaths
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 80238
1976 77385
1977 74314
1978 71538
1979 69374
1980 67765
1981 66043
1982 65103
1983 64820
1984 64876
1985 65321
1986 66087
1987 66422
1988 65052
1989 62735
1990 59724
1991 57401
1992 55735
1993 54299
1994 53594
1995 53272
1996 52632
1997 50843
1998 49092
1999 48601
2000 48065
2001 47370
2002 47378
2003 47985
2004 49863
2005 52361
2006 53493
2007 52924
2008 51720
2009 47040
2010 40957
2011 38468
2012 37333
2013 36680
2014 36002
2015 34913
2016 33563
2017 32694
2018 32916
2019 33263
2020 32550
2021 31191
2022

South Africa | Number of infant deaths

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age. Limitations and exceptions: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source