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1 Child Mortality Indicators of Pakistan
1.1 Pakistan’s Progress on Key Child Mortality Indicators
1.2 Child Mortality Burden in Pakistan (2022)
1.3 Mortality Indicators of Provinces (per 1,000 live births)

Child Mortality Indicators of Pakistan

Pakistan’s Progress on Key Child Mortality Indicators
Mortality Indicators of Pakistan (per 1,000 live births)
Child Mortality Indicators 1990 2000 2022
Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) 64 57 39
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) 107 64 51
Under-5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) 140 108 61
Source: UNICEF 2024

 

Child Mortality Burden in Pakistan (2022)
Under-five deaths Neonatal deaths Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths Deaths among children aged 5–14 years
386,364 248,869 64 42,609
Source: UNICEF 2024

 

Mortality Indicators of Provinces (per 1,000 live births)
Region Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
Under-5 Mortality Rate (U5MR)
Balochistan 29 48 53
KP 23 35 39
Punjab 33 49 55
Sindh 24 39 46
Source: MICS (Balochistan 2019–20, KP 2019, Punjab 2024, Sindh 2018–19)

 

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