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Children mortality rate in South Africa

32.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021

Children mortality rate of South Africa fell gradually from 75.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2002 to 32.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021.

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Alternate Sources
IHME Infant and Child Mortality Estimates, February 2011 12.61 per 1000 births in 2010 IHME
Children mortality rate in Africa
Niger 115.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Somalia 111.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Nigeria 110.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Chad 107.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Sierra Leone 104.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Central African Republic 99.9 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Guinea 98.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
South Sudan 98.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Mali 97.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Benin 83.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Mortality indicators in South Africa
Children Deaths 14,513 cases in 2010 IHME
Infant Mortality Rate 26.4 per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Life Expectancy 65 years in 2021 WB
Maternal Deaths 1,400 numbers in 2017 WB
Mortality Rate 294.82 per 1,000 female adults in 2021 WB
Neonatal Deaths 12,979 Number in 2021 WB
Neonatal Mortality Rate 11 per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Post Neonatal Deaths 24,776 cases in 2010 IHME
Post Neonatal Mortality Rate 22.85 per 1000 births in 2010 IHME
Survival 58.86 % in 2021 WB
Under-5 Deaths 38,868 Number in 2021 WB