Infant mortality rate in Malaysia 2022

The infant mortality rate in Malaysia saw no significant changes in 2022 in comparison to the previous year 2021 and remained at around 6.7 deaths per 1,000 live births. But still, the infant mortality rate reached its lowest value of the observation period in 2022.
The infant mortality rate refers to the number of newborns not expected to survive past the first year of life. This is generally expressed as a value per 1,000 live births, and infant mortality also includes neonatal mortality (deaths within the first 28 days of life).

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