The child mortality rate in Norway, for children under the age of five, was 336 deaths per thousand births in 1815. This means that approximately 34 percent of all children born in 1815 did not make it to their fifth birthday. Over the course of the next 205 years, this number has dropped drastically, particularly from 1865 onwards, and the rate has dropped to its lowest point ever in 2020 where it is just two deaths per thousand births, which is the lowest in the world. The only times where Norway's child mortality rate increased in the twentieth century was in the 1910s and 1940s, as a result of the Spanish Flu pandemic and the Second World War.
Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Norway from 1815 to 2020*
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UN DESA, & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Norway from 1815 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041832/norway-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, und Gapminder. "Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Norway from 1815 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041832/norway-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, Gapminder. (2019). Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Norway from 1815 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041832/norway-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, and Gapminder. "Child Mortality Rate (under Five Years Old) in Norway from 1815 to 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041832/norway-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
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Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Norway from 1815 to 2020* [Graph], UN DESA, & Gapminder, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041832/norway-all-time-child-mortality-rate/