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Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) fell 45.1% to 12.3 in Bahamas in 2020

Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births), 2020
Health Care | Bahamas | February 1, 2023
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Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 45.1% to 12.3 in Bahamas in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.

Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Bahamas reached an all time high of 31.6 in 1974 and an all time low of 12.3 in 2020. When compared to Bahamas's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Cuba amounted to 5.10, 33.8 in Dominican Republic, 60.5 in Haiti and 6.30 in USA in 2020.

Bahamas has been ranked 100th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Bahamas 14.3 14.0 13.7 13.3 13.0
Canada 5.40 5.40 5.30 5.20 5.10
China 11.6 10.7 9.90 9.20 8.50
Cuba 5.80 5.70 5.50 5.40 5.30
Dominican Republic 35.0 35.0 35.0 34.9 34.8
Haiti 71.9 69.9 67.9 66.0 64.1
Jamaica 16.0 15.5 15.1 14.6 14.2
Japan 2.80 2.70 2.70 2.60 2.60
Mexico 16.8 16.2 15.7 15.2 14.6
Puerto Rico ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
USA 6.90 6.80 6.70 6.60 6.50