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Indicator 3.2.1 - Under-five mortality rate

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Unit: persons
Source of data: Statistics Poland

Information about indicator

Name of the indicator 3.2.1 Under-five mortality rate
Sustainable Development Goal Goal 3. Good health and well-being
Target 3.2 By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births
Definition Number of deaths of children aged less than 5 per 1000 children in the same age.
Unit persons
Available dimensions total, sex
Methodological explanations

Death - permanent, irreversible cessation of functions of the essential for life organs, the consequence of which is the cessation of all functions of the whole organism.

The source of data on death is the document of the Ministry of Health Death certificate, which is basic document for civil status acts and is in the part secondarily utilized by national statistics (Regulation of the Minister of Health, Journal of Laws 2015, item 231).

Live birth - the complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of an infant, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of the voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta has been separated each such a product is considered as live born.

The coefficient is calculated on the basis of death data from the survey Deaths. Mortality. Life Expectancy" and based on live births from the survey "Birth. Fertility.
Source of data Statistics Poland
Data availability Annual data Since 2010.
Notes
Data updated on 24-07-2023
Metadata updated on 16-05-2022