Infant mortality in Brazil 1955-2020

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Aaron O'Neill,
Jul 4, 2024
Over the past 65 years, Brazil's infant mortality rate has fallen from 136 deaths per thousand live births in 1955, to less than one tenth of this level in 2020. In 1955, this meant that almost fourteen percent of all newborns were not expected to make it to their first birthday, whereas this number is just 1.3 percent today. The driving forces behind this decrease is improved access to medical care (particularly vaccination) as well as improved sanitation, quality of life and education.

Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in Brazil from 1955 to 2020*

CharacteristicDeaths per 1,000 live births
2020 13
2015 16
2010 20
2005 28
2000 34
1995 43
1990 55
1985 72
1980 83
1975 92
1970 101
1965 112
1960 124
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August 2019

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1955 to 2020

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* All data given is an average of annual data from the preceding five year period.

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