Mortality
Reducing mortality, increasing life expectancy, and improving the health of populations are key objectives contained in the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development and in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The Population Division produces estimates and projections of mortality rates by age and of life expectancy at birth for global, regional and national populations. It collaborates with other entities of the United Nations system to harmonize estimates with a view to promoting common messaging and information. The Division also produces reviews and analytical studies of mortality patterns and trends on a regular basis. The Population Division is a member of the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
Data and facts
- World Mortality 2019 Data Booklet
- Mortality Estimates and Projections 2019, WPP dataset
- World Mortality 2017 Data Booklet
- Life expectancy at birth increasing in less developed regions. Population Facts No. 2017/9
- Africa unlikely to achieve SDG target on child mortality without unprecedented effort to accelerate progress. Population Facts No. 2017/6
- World Mortality 2015 Wallchart
- Inequality in early childhood survival. Population Facts No. 2015/3
- Model Life Tables
Publications
- Levels and Trends in Child Mortality (UN IGME), Report 2020
- World Mortality 2019
- World Mortality 2019 Report
- World Mortality 2019 Highlights
- A sensitivity analysis of parameters used in Spectrum's Aids Impact Model. Technical Paper No. 2019/1
- R Scripts for computing adult and maternal mortality from DHS sibling survival histories. Technical Paper No. 2019/2
- Evaluating the completeness of death registration at old ages. Technical Paper No. 2019/5
- Levels and Trends in Child Mortality (UN IGME), Report 2019
- Levels and Trends in Child Mortality (UN IGME), Report 2018
- Levels and Trends in Child Mortality (UN IGME), Report 2017
- Analytical methods to evaluate the completeness and quality of death registration. Technical Paper No. 2017/2
- Overview of the principles and international experiences in implementing record linkage mechanisms to assess completeness of death registration. Technical Paper No. 2017/5
- Projecting age-sex-specific mortality. Technical Paper No. 2017/6
- Maternal mortality: Levels and trends, 2000 to 2017, Report
- World Mortality 2017 Report
- World Mortality 2017 Highlights
- The impact of socio-economic inequalities on early childhood survival. Technical Paper No. 2015/1
- World Mortality 2015 Report
- World Mortality 2015 Highlights
- Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2015 Report
- Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report 2015