This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Rwanda statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Rwandan statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Rwandan-specific metadata information.
| Indicator available |
Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) |
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| Indicator description |
It is important to point out that the reference period is the five year period preceding the survey date. So, the time point that the rate is referred to is the midpoint of the five year interval. |
| Geographical coverage |
Rwanda |
| Unit of measurement |
Deaths per 1000 live births |
| Definitions |
It is the probability (expressed as a rate per 1000 livebirths) of a child born alive in a specified period dying before reaching the age of five, if subject to current age specific mortality rates. |
| Calculations |
(Number of deaths of infants (<5yr of age) in the last 5 years before the survey / Total number of live births in 5 years before the survey)* 1000 |
| Other information |
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| Comments and limitations |
DHS are subject to recall error. Interviewed women may omit births and deaths or include stillbirths along with live births. Survey data may also suffer from survivor selection bias and age truncation. Mothers may misreport their children’s birth dates, current ages or ages at death perhaps more so if the child has died. The heaping of deaths at age 12 months is especially common. Age heaping may transfer deaths across the one year boundary and lead to underestimates of infant mortality rates. Fortunately, it has little effect on under five mortality rates, which makes the U5MR a more robust estimate than the infant mortality rate when data are drawn from household surveys. |
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