The child mortality rate in Australia, for children under the age of five, was 391 deaths per thousand births in 1860. This means that just under forty percent of all children born in 1860 did not make it to their fifth birthday. This number dropped drastically over the next ten years, then it remained between 150 and two hundred for the remainder of the 1800s, before dropping consistently from 1900 until today. By 2020, child mortality in Australia is expected to be approximately four deaths per thousand births.
Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Australia from 1860 to 2020*
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UN DESA, & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Australia from 1860 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1041779/australia-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, und Gapminder. "Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Australia from 1860 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1041779/australia-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, Gapminder. (2019). Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Australia from 1860 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1041779/australia-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, and Gapminder. "Child Mortality Rate (under Five Years Old) in Australia from 1860 to 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1041779/australia-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA & Gapminder, Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Australia from 1860 to 2020* Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1041779/australia-all-time-child-mortality-rate/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Australia from 1860 to 2020* [Graph], UN DESA, & Gapminder, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1041779/australia-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
