Childhood Mortality Rates – howMed

Childhood is divided into following age-periods:

•    Infancy ( up to 1 year of age) •    Neonatal period (first 28 days of life) •    Post neonatal period (28th day- to 1 yr) •    Pre-school age (1-4 years)

•    School age (5-14 years)

Infant mortality is the death of the child under 1 year of age.

Infant Mortality Rate

It is the ratio of infant deaths registered in a given year to the total number of live births registered in the same year (usually expressed as a rate per thousand live births.)

Still Birth

Death of a fetus weighing 1000 g or equivalent to 28 weeks of gestation.

Still Birth Rate

Fetal deaths weighing over 1000 g at Birth during the year divided by total live + stillbirths over 1000g at birth during the year

Peri-natal Mortality Rate

Perinatal period is defined as lasting from 28th week of gestation to the seventh day after birth.   Peri- Natal Mortality Rate includes both late fetal deaths (still birth) and early neonatal deaths.

Late fetal deaths (28 weeks gestation & more) + early neonatal deaths (first week) in one year divided by late fetal deaths + Live births in the same year.

Neonatal Mortality Rate

These are deaths occurring during the neonatal period, commencing at birth and ending 28 completed days after birth.These include: •    Early neonatal deaths

•    Late neonatal deaths

Number of deaths of children under 28 days of age in a year divided by total live births in the same year

Early Neonatal Mortality Rate

Number of deaths of children