TONGA

GOAL 4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY

 

TARGET 4.A : REDUCE BY TWO-THIRDS, BETWEEN 1990 AND 2015, THE UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY RATE

INDICATOR 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 Latest(2008) MDG Target
4.1 Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000) 27   20(2001)   16.4   26 9
4.2.a Infant mortality rate (probability of death from birth to age 1, per 1,000) 12.2(1991) 14.4 13 11.8 10.7 11.7 16.4 4
4.2.b Infant deaths (absolute number) 29(1991)     31 29 32 45 9
Number of live births 2372     2372 2716 2738 2746  
4.3 Proportion of 1 year-old children immunized against measles(%) 94(1994) 95(1996) 97(2001) 99.5   99.6   100

 

Ministry of Finance Tonga,Phone: +676 23066, Fax: +676 26011, Address: P.O. Box 87, Nuku'alofa, Tonga