Mortality Rates


estimates of life expectancy and mortality rates
1988 1999
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Both sexes 61.04 67.49
Males 59.61 65.72
Females 62.57 69.35
Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
Both sexes 63.0 * 56.9 ** 37
Males 66.0 * 58.5 ** 41.4
Females 60.0 * 55.3 ** 32.4
Under five (5) mortality*
Both sexes 93 48
Crude death rate
Both sexes 8.9 4.9
Males 9.4 -
Females 8.4 -

Note: Under 5 mortality computed by using demographic software "mortpak" and the data of Children Ever Born (CEB) and children surviving of the two censuses.

* West model ** Life table

Source: 1988 and 1999 Census of Population and Housing, EPPSO


indirect estimates of infant mortality rates: 1969 to 1986
Both Sexes Male Female
IMR Reference period IMR Reference period IMR Reference period
63 July 1986 74 February 1982 60 July 1986
66 July 1984 70 July 1984 63 July 1984
68 February 1982 66 July 1986 61 March 1982
64 July 1979 70 July 1979 58 August 1979
68 February 1972
79 October 1979
85 April 1969

Note: The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age to the number of live births occurring that year. IMR is expressed as number per thousand of live births.

Sources: Susan J Levy and Heather Booth: "Infant mortality in the Marshall Islands" 1988 Census of Population and Housing, EPPSO