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The children mortality rate in Kenya

37.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021

Children mortality rate of Kenya fell gradually from 143.3 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1972 to 37.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021.

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Alternate Sources
IHME Infant and Child Mortality Estimates, February 2011 27.6 per 1000 births in 2010 IHME
Children mortality rate in Africa
Niger 115.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Somalia 111.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Nigeria 110.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Chad 107.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Sierra Leone 104.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Central African Republic 99.9 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Guinea 98.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
South Sudan 98.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Mali 97.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Benin 83.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Mortality indicators in Kenya
Children Deaths 40,242 cases in 2010 IHME
Infant Mortality Rate 28 per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Life Expectancy 64.09 years in 2021 WB
Maternal Deaths 5,000 numbers in 2017 WB
Mortality Rate 310.87 per 1,000 female adults in 2021 WB
Neonatal Deaths 27,040 Number in 2021 WB
Neonatal Mortality Rate 18.4 per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Post Neonatal Deaths 47,119 cases in 2010 IHME
Post Neonatal Mortality Rate 31.05 per 1000 births in 2010 IHME
Survival 57.18 % in 2021 WB
Under-5 Deaths 54,038 Number in 2021 WB