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Source: Vital Statistics Division, Statistics Korea

Geographical Area: Total

Sub-indicators: Deaths per 100,000 population

Data type

National data (Type1)
This is the national produced statistics in the ROK that best corresponds to the definition of UN SDGs indicators.
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Indicator name

Under-5 mortality rate

Definition

Number of children dying before reaching the age of 5 years per 100,000 population

Data source

Vital Statistics

Data collection

Death reports filed with city, district, and municipal offices (complemented with fetal and baby death reports from crematories).

Organizations

Vital Statistics Division, Statistics Korea

Periodicity
  • Monthly population trends (birth, death, marriage, divorce): End of month (in two months after the reference month)
    - Annual births: (Provisional) end February in the following year, (confirmed) end August in the following year
    - Annual deaths: (Provisional) end February in the following year, (confirmed) end September in the following year (as part of the Cause of Death Statistics)
    - Annual marriages and divorces: End March in the following year
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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Under-5 mortality rate

Target name

By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births

Organizations

UNICEF, UN IGME(Inter-agency Group for child Mortality Estimation)

Metadata https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-03-02-01.pdf opens in a new window