Global Neonatal Deaths as a Percentage of Under-Five Deaths

Global data on neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths, provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ). The dataset was last updated on July 12, 2026, and is available in CSV and XML formats under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Modeling the proportion of child mortality occurring in the neonatal period based on the described mortality indicator.
• Analyzing global trends in neonatal health outcomes based on the described mortality ratio.
• Benchmarking national performance on child survival indicators based on the described under-five mortality metric.

Strengths

• Data is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ), a recognized authority on child health statistics.
• Available in two structured, machine-readable formats: CSV and XML.
• Dataset has a specific last update timestamp: 2026-07-12 10:38:13.025746.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-12 10:38:13.025746; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global