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Infant Mortality Rate

Number of infant deaths per 1000 live births per annum

v

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

1996

1997

2000

2010

Anguilla

..

..

..

18

17

24

23

22

17

10

Antigua & Barbuda

..

..

..

25

27

23

23

22

20

15

Aruba

..

..

..

10

9

8

8

8

8

7

Bahamas

35

35

29

27

23

21

20

20

18

13

Barbados

40

30

26

26

26

19

18

18

16

12

Belize

59

54

49

44

39

35

34

33

31

24

Cuba

44

31

20

17

11

9

8

8

8

8

Dominica

..

..

..

15

12

10

10

9

8

7

Dominican Republic

99

89

78

72

60

50

48

46

41

28

French Guiana

..

..

..

20

19

15

15

14

12

9

Grenada

34

24

21

19

14

12

12

12

11

9

Guadeloupe

47

35

18

19

10

10

9

9

8

7

Guyana

58

62

60

56

52

49

49

49

51

52

Haiti

163

148

135

121

110

103

102

100

96

93

Jamaica

45

40

30

24

20

16

16

15

13

10

Martinique

40

28

15

19

9

7

7

7

7

6

Netherlands Antilles

..

..

..

12

13

14

14

13

12

10

St. Kitts & Nevis

48

43

53

29

22

19

19

18

17

13

St. Lucia

..

..

26

24

20

18

18

17

16

13

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

..

..

50

24

21

17

17

16

15

11

Suriname

63

56

49

42

36

30

29

28

26

19

Trinidad & Tobago

43

37

38

21

22

20

19

19

18

16

Turks & Caicos Islands

45

31

29

28

27

23

23

22

21

16

British Virgin Islands

26

32

44

17

20

29

28

24

21

16

Caribbean

74

66

57

52

44

40

39

38

36

33

Costa Rica

70

52

35

21

16

14

14

13

13

11

El Salvador

108

101

82

59

44

33

31

30

27

18

Guatemala

101

87

78

70

61

52

51

49

45

32

Honduras

120

100

80

65

53

45

44

43

40

32

Nicaragua

116

101

87

74

58

48

46

44

39

25

Panama

48

37

35

32

30

26

25

25

23

18

Central America

99

86

72

59

49

41

40

39

35

26

Argentina

53

44

32

27

26

21

20

20

18

14

Bolivia

110

104

95

87

79

69

68

66

60

44

Brazil

98

88

74

61

50

42

40

39

34

22

Chile

79

59

35

20

17

12

11

11

10

7

Colombia

78

71

57

43

36

27

28

27

23

16

Ecuador

95

82

69

56

45

36

35

33

29

19

Paraguay

58

58

57

51

46

40

39

38

35

26

Peru

118

110

105

73

60

49

47

45

39

25

Uruguay

47

44

37

32

21

16

15

15

13

9

Venezuela

49

43

40

37

34

31

30

29

26

18

South America

87

77

65

53

44

36

35

34

30

20

Mexico

79

66

53

45

37

29

28

27

23

15

LAC

85

75

63

51

43

36

34

33

29

20

 

Sources Center for International Health Information (CIHI). Country estimates compiled from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base, 1997.

Definition Infant mortality rate is the probability of dying between birth and one year of age. It is expressed as the number of deaths under one year of age per 1,000 live births per annum.

Note Regional averages are weighted by the estimated number of live births.

 

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