Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates for 2015

Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates, Version 2 provides infant mortality rate estimates for 234 countries and territories, with subnational data for 143 of them. The dataset is benchmarked to 2015 and was created by ESDIS using data from national offices, Demographic and Health Surveys, and other sources collected between 2006 and 2014. It is mapped to a spatial grid with a resolution of approximately 1 kilometer.

Use Cases

• Analyze subnational infant mortality rate disparities using the 30 arc-second grid cell mapping.
• Integrate infant mortality rate estimates with other gridded demographic or environmental datasets using the spatial resolution.
• Compare infant mortality rates across 234 countries and territories for the 2015 benchmark year.
• Model correlations between infant mortality and other spatially-referenced variables using the GPWv4-derived boundaries.

Strengths

• Covers 234 countries and territories with subnational data for 143 units.
• Spatial data is mapped to a high-resolution grid of 30 arc-seconds (~1 km).
• Data is benchmarked to a consistent year (2015) for cross-regional comparison.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 2015 and based on source data from 2006-2014.
• The primary data format (application/gml+xml) may require specialized tools for processing.
• Sample size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of granular data density.

Provenance

Source

ESDIS via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Compiled from national offices, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), and other sources.

Time Range

Source data from 2006 to 2014, benchmarked to year 2015.

Freshness

2015-12-31

Geography

Global coverage for 234 countries and territories.