Child mortality data from UNICEF's State of the World's Children 2019 Statistical Tables.
Format
A data frame with 195 rows and 19 variables.
- countries_and_areas
Country or area name.
- under5_mortality_1990
Under-5 mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) in 1990.
- under5_mortality_2000
Under-5 mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) in 2000.
- under5_mortality_2018
Under-5 mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) in 2018.
- under5_reduction
Annual rate of reduction in under-5 mortality rate (%)2000–2018.
- under5_mortality_2018_male
Under-5 mortality rate male (deaths per 1,000 live births) 2018.
- under5_mortality_2018_female
Under-5 mortality rate female (deaths per 1,000 live births) 2018.
- infant_mortality_1990
Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) 1990
- infant_mortality_2018
Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) 2018
- neonatal_mortality_1990
Neonatal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) 1990.
- neonatal_mortality_2000
Neonatal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) 2000.
- neonatal_mortality_2018
Neonatal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) 2018.
- prob_dying_age5to14_1990
Probability of dying among children aged 5–14 (deaths per 1,000 children aged 5) 1990.
- prob_dying_age5to14_2018
Probability of dying among children aged 5–14 (deaths per 1,000 children aged 5) 2018.
- under5_deaths_2018
Annual number of under-5 deaths (thousands) 2018.
- neonatal_deaths_2018
Annual number of neonatal deaths (thousands) 2018.
- neonatal_deaths_percent_under5
Neonatal deaths as proportion of all under-5 deaths (%) 2018.
- age5to14_deaths_2018
Number of deaths among children aged 5–14 (thousands) 2018.
Examples
library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)
# List countries and areas whose children aged 5 and under have a higher probability of dying in
# 2018 than they did in 1990
sowc_child_mortality %>%
mutate(decrease_prob_dying = prob_dying_age5to14_1990 - prob_dying_age5to14_2018) %>%
select(countries_and_areas, decrease_prob_dying) %>%
filter(decrease_prob_dying < 0) %>%
arrange(decrease_prob_dying)
#> countries_and_areas decrease_prob_dying
#> 1 Syrian Arab Republic -3
#> 2 Eswatini -2
#> 3 Grenada -2
#> 4 Niue -1
#> 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -1
# List countries and areas and their relative rank for neonatal mortality in 2018
sowc_child_mortality %>%
mutate(rank = round(rank(-neonatal_mortality_2018))) %>%
select(countries_and_areas, rank, neonatal_mortality_2018) %>%
arrange(rank)
#> countries_and_areas rank neonatal_mortality_2018
#> 1 Pakistan 1 42
#> 2 Central African Republic 2 41
#> 3 South Sudan 3 40
#> 4 Somalia 4 38
#> 5 Afghanistan 6 37
#> 6 Guinea-Bissau 6 37
#> 7 Nigeria 7 36
#> 8 Lesotho 8 35
#> 9 Chad 10 34
#> 10 Cote d'Ivoire 10 34
#> 11 Mali 12 33
#> 12 Mauritania 12 33
#> 13 Sierra Leone 12 33
#> 14 Comoros 14 32
#> 15 Djibouti 14 32
#> 16 Benin 16 31
#> 17 Guinea 16 31
#> 18 Equatorial Guinea 18 30
#> 19 Sudan 19 29
#> 20 Angola 22 28
#> 21 Democratic Republic of the Congo 22 28
#> 22 Dominica 22 28
#> 23 Ethiopia 22 28
#> 24 Mozambique 22 28
#> 25 Cameroon 26 27
#> 26 Yemen 26 27
#> 27 Gambia 28 26
#> 28 Haiti 28 26
#> 29 Burkina Faso 30 25
#> 30 Niger 30 25
#> 31 Togo 30 25
#> 32 Botswana 33 24
#> 33 Ghana 33 24
#> 34 Liberia 33 24
#> 35 India 37 23
#> 36 Kiribati 37 23
#> 37 Lao People's Democratic Republic 37 23
#> 38 Myanmar 37 23
#> 39 Zambia 37 23
#> 40 Burundi 41 22
#> 41 Malawi 41 22
#> 42 Papua New Guinea 41 22
#> 43 Gabon 46 21
#> 44 Madagascar 46 21
#> 45 Senegal 46 21
#> 46 Turkmenistan 46 21
#> 47 United Republic of Tanzania 46 21
#> 48 Zimbabwe 46 21
#> 49 Congo 52 20
#> 50 Kenya 52 20
#> 51 Nauru 52 20
#> 52 Nepal 52 20
#> 53 Timor-Leste 52 20
#> 54 Uganda 52 20
#> 55 Dominican Republic 55 19
#> 56 Eritrea 56 18
#> 57 Guyana 56 18
#> 58 Bangladesh 58 17
#> 59 Eswatini 58 17
#> 60 Bhutan 62 16
#> 61 Micronesia (Federated States of) 62 16
#> 62 Namibia 62 16
#> 63 Rwanda 62 16
#> 64 Tuvalu 62 16
#> 65 Algeria 67 15
#> 66 Iraq 67 15
#> 67 Marshall Islands 67 15
#> 68 Tajikistan 67 15
#> 69 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 67 15
#> 70 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 72 14
#> 71 Cambodia 72 14
#> 72 Morocco 72 14
#> 73 Philippines 72 14
#> 74 Sao Tome and Principe 72 14
#> 75 Indonesia 76 13
#> 76 Kyrgyzstan 76 13
#> 77 Cabo Verde 80 12
#> 78 Guatemala 80 12
#> 79 Niue 80 12
#> 80 Republic of Moldova 80 12
#> 81 Saint Lucia 80 12
#> 82 Trinidad and Tobago 80 12
#> 83 Uzbekistan 80 12
#> 84 Vanuatu 80 12
#> 85 Azerbaijan 88 11
#> 86 Egypt 88 11
#> 87 Fiji 88 11
#> 88 Paraguay 88 11
#> 89 South Africa 88 11
#> 90 State of Palestine 88 11
#> 91 Tunisia 88 11
#> 92 Viet Nam 88 11
#> 93 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 96 10
#> 94 Grenada 96 10
#> 95 Honduras 96 10
#> 96 Jamaica 96 10
#> 97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96 10
#> 98 Suriname 96 10
#> 99 Belize 103 9
#> 100 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 103 9
#> 101 Jordan 103 9
#> 102 Mauritius 103 9
#> 103 Mongolia 103 9
#> 104 Nicaragua 103 9
#> 105 Palau 103 9
#> 106 Seychelles 103 9
#> 107 Syrian Arab Republic 103 9
#> 108 Barbados 112 8
#> 109 Brazil 112 8
#> 110 Colombia 112 8
#> 111 Mexico 112 8
#> 112 Panama 112 8
#> 113 Saint Kitts and Nevis 112 8
#> 114 Samoa 112 8
#> 115 Solomon Islands 112 8
#> 116 Albania 118 7
#> 117 Ecuador 118 7
#> 118 El Salvador 118 7
#> 119 North Macedonia 118 7
#> 120 Peru 118 7
#> 121 Tonga 118 7
#> 122 Argentina 124 6
#> 123 Armenia 124 6
#> 124 Costa Rica 124 6
#> 125 Georgia 124 6
#> 126 Kazakhstan 124 6
#> 127 Libya 124 6
#> 128 Bahamas 132 5
#> 129 Brunei Darussalam 132 5
#> 130 Chile 132 5
#> 131 Maldives 132 5
#> 132 Malta 132 5
#> 133 Oman 132 5
#> 134 Thailand 132 5
#> 135 Turkey 132 5
#> 136 Ukraine 132 5
#> 137 Uruguay 132 5
#> 138 Bosnia and Herzegovina 144 4
#> 139 Bulgaria 144 4
#> 140 China 144 4
#> 141 Cook Islands 144 4
#> 142 Kuwait 144 4
#> 143 Lebanon 144 4
#> 144 Malaysia 144 4
#> 145 Qatar 144 4
#> 146 Saudi Arabia 144 4
#> 147 Sri Lanka 144 4
#> 148 United Arab Emirates 144 4
#> 149 United States 144 4
#> 150 Antigua and Barbuda 157 3
#> 151 Bahrain 157 3
#> 152 Canada 157 3
#> 153 Croatia 157 3
#> 154 Denmark 157 3
#> 155 France 157 3
#> 156 Greece 157 3
#> 157 New Zealand 157 3
#> 158 Poland 157 3
#> 159 Romania 157 3
#> 160 Russian Federation 157 3
#> 161 Serbia 157 3
#> 162 Slovakia 157 3
#> 163 Switzerland 157 3
#> 164 United Kingdom 157 3
#> 165 Australia 174 2
#> 166 Austria 174 2
#> 167 Belgium 174 2
#> 168 Cuba 174 2
#> 169 Czechia 174 2
#> 170 Germany 174 2
#> 171 Hungary 174 2
#> 172 Ireland 174 2
#> 173 Israel 174 2
#> 174 Italy 174 2
#> 175 Latvia 174 2
#> 176 Lithuania 174 2
#> 177 Monaco 174 2
#> 178 Montenegro 174 2
#> 179 Netherlands 174 2
#> 180 Portugal 174 2
#> 181 Spain 174 2
#> 182 Sweden 174 2
#> 183 Andorra 189 1
#> 184 Belarus 189 1
#> 185 Cyprus 189 1
#> 186 Estonia 189 1
#> 187 Finland 189 1
#> 188 Iceland 189 1
#> 189 Japan 189 1
#> 190 Luxembourg 189 1
#> 191 Norway 189 1
#> 192 Republic of Korea 189 1
#> 193 San Marino 189 1
#> 194 Singapore 189 1
#> 195 Slovenia 189 1