3.2.2 Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 Livebirths)

BAGUIO CITY DATA SOURCE: Health Services Office (HSO)

Definition
Global Definition
The probability of a child born in a specific year or period dying before reaching the age of one, if subject to age-specific mortality rate of that period.

National Definition
The probability of dying between birth and age one, expressed as the number of infant deaths or deaths occurring before reaching 12 months of life in a given period per 1,000 live births

Computation:
(No. of infant deaths under 1 year old in a given period/Total live births in a given period) x 1,000

source: https://psa.gov.ph/sdg/Philippines/metadata

3.2.2 Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 Livebirths) in the Sustainable Development Goals

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3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality. Major progress has been made on increasing access to clean water and sanitation, reducing malaria, tuberculosis, polio and the spread of HIV/AIDS. However, many more efforts are needed to fully eradicate a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues.

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