title: Trends in early childhood mortality rates
unit_of_measure: Deaths per 1,000 live births for the 5-year period before the survey
linearized_input: Trends in early childhood mortality rates | Deaths per 1,000 live births for the 5-year period before the survey | (Child mortality, 1990 JPFHS, 5) (Neonatal mortality, 1990 JPFHS, 21) (Infant mortality, 1990 JPFHS, 34) (Under-5 mortality, 1990 JPFHS, 39) (Child mortality, 1997 JPFHS, 6) (Neonatal mortality, 1997 JPFHS, 19) (Infant mortality, 1997 JPFHS, 29) (Under-5 mortality, 1997 JPFHS, 34) (Child mortality, 2002 JPFHS, 5) (Neonatal mortality, 2002 JPFHS, 16) (Infant mortality, 2002 JPFHS, 22) (Under-5 mortality, 2002 JPFHS, 27) (Child mortality, 2007 JPFHS, 2) (Neonatal mortality, 2007 JPFHS, 14) (Infant mortality, 2007 JPFHS, 19) (Under-5 mortality, 2007 JPFHS, 21) (Child mortality, 2009 JPFHS, 5) (Neonatal mortality, 2009 JPFHS, 15) (Infant mortality, 2009 JPFHS, 23) (Under-5 mortality, 2009 JPFHS, 28) (Child mortality, 2012 JPFHS, 4) (Neonatal mortality, 2012 JPFHS, 14) (Infant mortality, 2012 JPFHS, 17) (Under-5 mortality, 2012 JPFHS, 21) (Child mortality, 2017-18 JPFHS, 3) (Neonatal mortality, 2017-18 JPFHS, 11) (Infant mortality, 2017-18 JPFHS, 17) (Under-5 mortality, 2017-18 JPFHS, 19)
table_text: neonatal, infant, child, and under-5 mortality rates for the 5 years preceding each of seven JPFHS surveys (1990 to 2017-18). Under-5 mortality declined by half over the period, from 39 to 19 deaths per 1,000 live births. The decline in mortality was much greater between the 1990 and 2007 surveys than in the most recent period. Between 2012 and 2017-18, under-5 mortality decreased only modestly, from 21 to 19 deaths per 1,000 live births, and infant mortality remained stable at 17 deaths per 1,000 births.
target: neonatal, infant, child, and under-5 mortality rates for the 5 years preceding each of seven JPFHS surveys (1990 to 2017-18).