South Africa | Number of under-five deaths

Number of children dying before reaching age five. 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 Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.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 under-five deaths
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979 95726
1980 92704
1981 89671
1982 87587
1983 86323
1984 85568
1985 85358
1986 85633
1987 85623
1988 83983
1989 81397
1990 78080
1991 75373
1992 73367
1993 71852
1994 71410
1995 71725
1996 72022
1997 71319
1998 70961
1999 71546
2000 71882
2001 72166
2002 72885
2003 74198
2004 77009
2005 80802
2006 83004
2007 80698
2008 77114
2009 69019
2010 58937
2011 52376
2012 48532
2013 46697
2014 45430
2015 44272
2016 42649
2017 41600
2018 41543
2019 41542
2020 40628
2021 38868
2022

South Africa | Number of under-five deaths

Number of children dying before reaching age five. 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 Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.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