Iraq - Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Iraq was 21.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 128.90 in 1960 and a minimum value of 21.30 in 2020.

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.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1960 128.90
1961 122.00
1962 116.00
1963 110.40
1964 105.10
1965 100.40
1966 95.80
1967 91.60
1968 87.70
1969 84.00
1970 80.60
1971 77.30
1972 74.20
1973 71.20
1974 68.40
1975 65.70
1976 63.20
1977 60.80
1978 58.60
1979 56.60
1980 54.70
1981 53.00
1982 51.40
1983 49.90
1984 48.60
1985 47.30
1986 46.10
1987 45.00
1988 44.00
1989 43.10
1990 42.30
1991 41.60
1992 40.80
1993 40.20
1994 39.50
1995 38.90
1996 38.20
1997 37.60
1998 36.90
1999 36.30
2000 35.60
2001 34.90
2002 34.30
2003 33.70
2004 33.10
2005 32.40
2006 31.80
2007 31.10
2008 30.30
2009 29.50
2010 28.70
2011 27.90
2012 27.10
2013 26.30
2014 25.50
2015 24.80
2016 24.10
2017 23.40
2018 22.70
2019 22.00
2020 21.30

Development Relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries.

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 Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Estimates of neonatal, infant, and child mortality tend to vary by source and method for a given time and place. Years for available estimates also vary by country, making comparisons across countries and over time difficult. To make neonatal, infant, and child mortality estimates comparable and to ensure consistency across estimates by different agencies, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), which comprises the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the United Nations Population Division, and other universities and research institutes, developed and adopted a statistical method that uses all available information to reconcile differences. The method uses statistical models to obtain a best estimate trend line by fitting a country-specific regression model of mortality rates against their reference dates.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development ac

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality