Table 17: Childhood Mortality Indicators, by Sex of Child, Residence
and Province, 1980 - 2000
Characteristics
Zambia
Sex of Child
Male
Female
Residence
Rural
Urban
Province
Central
Copperbelt
Eastern
Luapula
Lusaka
Northern
North-Western
Southern
Western
Infant Mortality Rate
(per ‘000)
1980 1990 2000
Child Mortality Rate
(per’000)
1980 1990 2000
Under Five Mortality Rate
(per’000)
1980
1990
2000
99
123
110
71
95
82
121
151
162
101
94
127
120
120
100
73
66
98
91
91
72
124
115
157
146
169
155
106
89
133
106
117
91
78
61
104
77
89
64
132
108
164
128
180
126
81
87
128
127
87
104
77
94
106
105
109
149
161
106
137
103
97
141
100
91
129
132
88
130
83
93
140
54
59
99
99
60
75
50
66
77
77
81
120
132
78
108
75
69
113
72
63
100
103
60
101
56
65
111
100
97
177
161
106
127
95
115
132
129
132
206
199
129
169
126
118
175
144
126
196
224
126
180
137
138
201
Source: CSO Census of Population and Housing, 2000
150.
Under-Five Mortality Rate5 continued to increase between 1980 and 2000.
It increased by about 7 percent, from 151 to 162 deaths per 1000 children
between 1990 and 2000, respectively.
151.
Statistics show that life expectancy6, which is also a mortality indicator,
recorded an increase between 1990 and 2000 (Table 1.1). In 1990 life
expectancy was 47 years and by 2000 it increased to 50 years.
This
increase is still lower than the 1980 estimate of 52 years. As will be seen
from Table 1.1 the female life expectancy is higher than that of males;
that is 53, 48 and 52 years in 1980, 1990 and 2000 respectively, as
5
Under-five Mortality Rate, refers to the number of deaths among children aged below five years per
thousand (1000) live births per year. It constitutes both infant and child mortality.
6
Life expectancy refers to the average number of years a newly born child is expected to live, if the current
existing mortality conditions were to prevail for a long time.
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