Abbreviated name:

Neonatal mortality rate

Indicator name:

Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

Domain:

Health status

Subdomain:

Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

Definition:

Probability that a child born in a specific year or period will die during the first 28 completed days of life if subject to age-specific mortality rates of that period, expressed per 1000 live births. Neonatal deaths (deaths among live births during the first 28 completed days of life) may be subdivided into early neonatal deaths, occurring during the first 7 days of life, and late neonatal deaths, occurring after the 7th day but before the 28th completed day of life.

Numerator:

Number of children who died during the first 28 days of life

Denominator:

Number of live births

Primary Source:

PDHS

Secondary Source:

UNIA Estimates

Disaggregation/Additional dimension:

Age in days/weeks, birth weight, place of residence, sex, socioeconomic status.