United States · Under-5 Mortality (WHO)
6.52024
Unit: per 1,000 live births. Publisher measure: Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births).
Probability of dying before the fifth birthday, both sexes and the whole wealth population (total wealth group), expressed per 1,000 live births under reference-year mortality conditions.
Measurement basis: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) modelled or adjusted mortality probabilities/rates, disseminated by WHO.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: annual. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 76 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1949 | 38.658017801 | 37.108511407 | 40.322836901 | — |
| United States | 1950 | 37.622482864 | 36.557047099 | 38.761026506 | — |
| United States | 1951 | 36.613411925 | 35.837987321 | 37.404875911 | — |
| United States | 1952 | 35.623457443 | 34.986490297 | 36.266551898 | — |
| United States | 1953 | 34.672803306 | 34.088429184 | 35.263029529 | — |
| United States | 1954 | 33.790616548 | 33.204831523 | 34.371807107 | — |
| United States | 1955 | 33.003676256 | 32.436833466 | 33.558139825 | — |
| United States | 1956 | 32.318547307 | 31.76900546 | 32.857779397 | — |
| United States | 1957 | 31.70574934 | 31.171009773 | 32.236543508 | — |
| United States | 1958 | 31.144177754 | 30.637513964 | 31.656230476 | — |
| United States | 1959 | 30.605331215 | 30.102663111 | 31.110595127 | — |
| United States | 1960 | 30.056024468 | 29.557689048 | 30.541792956 | — |
| United States | 1961 | 29.491959849 | 29.004852889 | 29.966497817 | — |
| United States | 1962 | 28.91771954 | 28.429751902 | 29.390086503 | — |
| United States | 1963 | 28.332358977 | 27.869953665 | 28.796185622 | — |
| United States | 1964 | 27.723287486 | 27.272628737 | 28.193834035 | — |
| United States | 1965 | 27.082593024 | 26.648802295 | 27.540924899 | — |
| United States | 1966 | 26.400727933 | 25.977391688 | 26.84457262 | — |
| United States | 1967 | 25.67673912 | 25.272849459 | 26.105345197 | — |
| United States | 1968 | 24.913763785 | 24.514200243 | 25.314986659 | — |
| United States | 1969 | 24.101821419 | 23.714839656 | 24.502524414 | — |
| United States | 1970 | 23.251597954 | 22.87883021 | 23.635886917 | — |
| United States | 1971 | 22.368856146 | 22.012172194 | 22.737487269 | — |
| United States | 1972 | 21.472147614 | 21.117981272 | 21.836805046 | — |
| United States | 1973 | 20.568279037 | 20.236371475 | 20.912351553 | — |
| United States | 1974 | 19.668421878 | 19.346484063 | 20.00259399 | — |
| United States | 1975 | 18.778488041 | 18.478572734 | 19.093318689 | — |
| United States | 1976 | 17.918767727 | 17.627347637 | 18.211647099 | — |
| United States | 1977 | 17.097106377 | 16.819271096 | 17.381502167 | — |
| United States | 1978 | 16.330365027 | 16.064544828 | 16.599698544 | — |
| United States | 1979 | 15.621546069 | 15.36044078 | 15.879457962 | — |
| United States | 1980 | 14.972345675 | 14.713652671 | 15.216911262 | — |
| United States | 1981 | 14.384571243 | 14.137945909 | 14.620418586 | — |
| United States | 1982 | 13.862073556 | 13.624659123 | 14.098733561 | — |
| United States | 1983 | 13.414378654 | 13.186299278 | 13.640115771 | — |
| United States | 1984 | 13.031588359 | 12.809337273 | 13.251543839 | — |
| United States | 1985 | 12.703942807 | 12.494697879 | 12.914243774 | — |
| United States | 1986 | 12.415846333 | 12.21672248 | 12.620226255 | — |
| United States | 1987 | 12.144442314 | 11.945319047 | 12.354161162 | — |
| United States | 1988 | 11.867512243 | 11.672945709 | 12.077139248 | — |
| United States | 1989 | 11.567379198 | 11.372052124 | 11.780253233 | — |
| United States | 1990 | 11.234312243 | 11.042143522 | 11.442175173 | — |
| United States | 1991 | 10.875059162 | 10.692340228 | 11.069773646 | — |
| United States | 1992 | 10.50213204 | 10.32835419 | 10.683091426 | — |
| United States | 1993 | 10.132219768 | 9.968673394 | 10.300241125 | — |
| United States | 1994 | 9.781416823 | 9.619275673 | 9.94152711 | — |
| United States | 1995 | 9.463076949 | 9.303890775 | 9.618317269 | — |
| United States | 1996 | 9.182383396 | 9.025407244 | 9.334067561 | — |
| United States | 1997 | 8.943793604 | 8.788359419 | 9.095522524 | — |
| United States | 1998 | 8.748137268 | 8.599271326 | 8.894455875 | — |
| United States | 1999 | 8.585246282 | 8.440110447 | 8.728036326 | — |
| United States | 2000 | 8.447404473 | 8.310694411 | 8.586437482 | — |
| United States | 2001 | 8.329978855 | 8.194011635 | 8.466841151 | — |
| United States | 2002 | 8.23107613 | 8.096570987 | 8.365923457 | — |
| United States | 2003 | 8.142221197 | 8.01040122 | 8.2740382 | — |
| United States | 2004 | 8.055567782 | 7.9257874 | 8.18998057 | — |
| United States | 2005 | 7.962833767 | 7.833905314 | 8.098993452 | — |
| United States | 2006 | 7.856463194 | 7.729339322 | 7.994113362 | — |
| United States | 2007 | 7.735326947 | 7.60972573 | 7.870977603 | — |
| United States | 2008 | 7.598169713 | 7.479766915 | 7.721597649 | — |
| United States | 2009 | 7.451346524 | 7.342088343 | 7.562473633 | — |
| United States | 2010 | 7.305910638 | 7.204526281 | 7.405707411 | — |
| United States | 2011 | 7.166506172 | 7.07315217 | 7.260932679 | — |
| United States | 2012 | 7.042260064 | 6.949672719 | 7.134723325 | — |
| United States | 2013 | 6.934527106 | 6.842969125 | 7.02429866 | — |
| United States | 2014 | 6.839034912 | 6.743603283 | 6.934106415 | — |
| United States | 2015 | 6.752854798 | 6.653239557 | 6.853180694 | — |
| United States | 2016 | 6.674109692 | 6.570432939 | 6.779390391 | — |
| United States | 2017 | 6.602319251 | 6.495974736 | 6.710373045 | — |
| United States | 2018 | 6.539960173 | 6.428605474 | 6.64898691 | — |
| United States | 2019 | 6.493937784 | 6.37948936 | 6.606042747 | — |
| United States | 2020 | 6.469870568 | 6.356577397 | 6.580981729 | — |
| United States | 2021 | 6.46496759 | 6.350485103 | 6.579896847 | — |
| United States | 2022 | 6.473318774 | 6.337211419 | 6.612672822 | — |
| United States | 2023 | 6.482592272 | 6.29849717 | 6.670750624 | — |
| United States | 2024 | 6.472462744 | 6.209938705 | 6.747321376 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.