Table 3 Infant mortality rate in selected countries
From: The development and reform of public health in China from 1949 to 2019
Country | Income level | Annual reduction 2009–2016 | Ranking | Absolute value in 2016(‰) | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kazakhstan | upper middle-income country | 9.96% | 1 | 5.9 | 67 |
Montenegro | upper middle-income country | 9.68% | 2 | 2.4 | 27 |
Latvia | high-income country | 8.58% | 3 | 2.4 | 27 |
China | upper middle-income country | 8.22% | 4 | 5.1 | 59 |
Estonia | high-income country | 7.81% | 5 | 1.3 | 7 |
Japan | high-income country | 3.92% | 37 | 0.9 | 2 |
India | lower middle- income country | 3.79% | 43 | 25.4 | 163 |
ROK | high-income country | 2.53% | 100 | 1.5 | 10 |
U.K. | high-income country | 2.47% | 103 | 2.6 | 33 |
U.S. | high-income country | 1.79% | 139 | 3.7 | 44 |
Germany | high-income country | 0.60% | 174 | 2.3 | 25 |
World average | – | 2.93% | – | 18.6 | – |
high-income countries | – | 1.76% | – | 3 | – |
upper middle-income countries | – | 4.85% | – | 7.2 | – |
middle-income countries | – | 3.17% | – | 18.6 | – |
lower middle-income countries | – | 2.91% | – | 24.8 | – |
Low-income countries | – | 2.75% | – | 26.9 | – |