Infant Mortality

Infant Mortality is defined as the number of Infant Deaths (one year of age or younger) per 1000 live births.
Traditionally,the most common cause worldwide was Dehydration from Diarrhea.Currently, the most common cause is Pnuemonia.Other causes of infant mortality include -
malnutrition, malaria; Congenital Malformation; Infection and Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Infant mortality rate

 Infant mortality rate (IMR) indicates the number of deaths of babies under one year of age per 1,000 live births. The rate in a given region, therefore, is the total number of newborns dying under one year of age divided by the total number of live births during the year, then all multiplied by 1,000. The infant mortality rate is also called the infant death rate (per 1,000 live births)

 Infant Mortality Rate in the World - 2009 Estimates

The top 5 and the bottom 5 in the countries list are -

 Rank     Country                    IMR

  1            Angola                      180

  2            Sierra Leone            154

  3            Afganistan                152

  4            Liberia                     138

  5            Niger                        117

  219        Hong Kong              2.92

  220        Japan                       2.79

  221        Sweden                    2.75

  222        Bermuda                 2.46

  223        Singapore               2.31

 

Infant Mortality Rate in India - 2011 Estimates

Country	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011

India

64.9

63.19

61.47

59.59

57.92

56.29

54.63

34.61

32.31

30.15

49.13

47.57

 Statewise Infant Mortality rates in India

	States/Union Territories	1961			1981			2001
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Total
	INDIA	122	108	115	74	79	77	71
1	Kerala	55	48	52	45	41	42	16
2	Pondicherry	77	68	73	32	35	34	21
3	Mizoram	73	65	69	51	56	53	23
4	Manipur	31	33	32	29	27	28	25
5	Andaman & Nicobar Is.	78	66	77	71	61	69	30
6	Lakshadweep	124	88	118	100	78	91	30
7	Chandigarh	53	53	53	50	47	48	32
8	Goa	60	56	57	56	48	51	36
9	Arunachal Pradesh	141	111	126	111	103	91	44
10	Jammu & Kashmir	78	78	78	NA	NA	NA	45
11	Maharashtra	96	89	92	72	76	74	49
12	Tripura	196	116	111	81	84	82	49
13	Delhi	66	70	67	55	51	54	51
14	Meghalaya	81	76	79	79	82	80	52
15	Sikkim	105	87	96	58	62	60	52
16	Tamil Nadu	89	82	86	55	51	54	53
17	West Bengal	103	57	95	75	51	62	53
18	Punjab	74	79	77	81	53	74	54
19	Karnataka	87	74	81	74	72	74	58
20	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	102	93	98	84	73	81	61
21	Gujarat	81	84	84	74	82	78	64
22	Himachal Pradesh	101	89	92	84	81	82	64
23	Andhra Pradesh	100	82	91	67	51	55	66
24	Bihar	95	94	94	62	89	75	67
25	Haryana	87	119	94	57	54	52	69
26	Assam	NA	NA	NA	96	87	92	78
27	Rajasthan	114	114	114	94	79	87	83
28	Uttar Pradesh	131	128	130	96	104	99	85
29	Madhya Pradesh	158	140	150	131	136	133	97
30	Orissa	119	111	115	129	111	125	98
31	Nagaland	76	58	68	51	52	51	NA
32	Daman & Diu	60	56	57	61	50	56	NA
Male and female infant mortality is not available for 2001
States are sorted by increasing infant mortality rate for 2001
Source: Office of the Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs

 As per 2011 Estimates
Infant mortality rate: total: 47.57 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 46.18 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 49.14 deaths/1,000 live births