# Child mortality rate: United States

0.65% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 92 years from 1933 to 2024 are below.

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/child-mortality) · [All countries and regions](/child-mortality).

## Every year

| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 0.65 |
| 2023 | 0.65 |
| 2022 | 0.65 |
| 2021 | 0.65 |
| 2020 | 0.65 |
| 2019 | 0.65 |
| 2018 | 0.65 |
| 2017 | 0.66 |
| 2016 | 0.67 |
| 2015 | 0.68 |
| 2014 | 0.68 |
| 2013 | 0.69 |
| 2012 | 0.7 |
| 2011 | 0.72 |
| 2010 | 0.73 |
| 2009 | 0.75 |
| 2008 | 0.76 |
| 2007 | 0.77 |
| 2006 | 0.79 |
| 2005 | 0.8 |
| 2004 | 0.81 |
| 2003 | 0.81 |
| 2002 | 0.82 |
| 2001 | 0.83 |
| 2000 | 0.84 |
| 1999 | 0.86 |
| 1998 | 0.87 |
| 1997 | 0.89 |
| 1996 | 0.92 |
| 1995 | 0.95 |
| 1994 | 0.98 |
| 1993 | 1.01 |
| 1992 | 1.05 |
| 1991 | 1.09 |
| 1990 | 1.12 |
| 1989 | 1.16 |
| 1988 | 1.19 |
| 1987 | 1.21 |
| 1986 | 1.24 |
| 1985 | 1.27 |
| 1984 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 1.34 |
| 1982 | 1.39 |
| 1981 | 1.44 |
| 1980 | 1.5 |
| 1979 | 1.56 |
| 1978 | 1.63 |
| 1977 | 1.71 |
| 1976 | 1.79 |
| 1975 | 1.88 |
| 1974 | 1.97 |
| 1973 | 2.06 |
| 1972 | 2.15 |
| 1971 | 2.24 |
| 1970 | 2.33 |
| 1969 | 2.41 |
| 1968 | 2.49 |
| 1967 | 2.57 |
| 1966 | 2.64 |
| 1965 | 2.71 |
| 1964 | 2.77 |
| 1963 | 2.83 |
| 1962 | 2.89 |
| 1961 | 2.95 |
| 1960 | 3.01 |
| 1959 | 3.06 |
| 1958 | 3.11 |
| 1957 | 3.17 |
| 1956 | 3.23 |
| 1955 | 3.3 |
| 1954 | 3.38 |
| 1953 | 3.47 |
| 1952 | 3.56 |
| 1951 | 3.66 |
| 1950 | 3.76 |
| 1949 | 3.87 |
| 1948 | 3.98 |
| 1947 | 4.28 |
| 1946 | 4.67 |
| 1945 | 4.83 |
| 1944 | 5.03 |
| 1943 | 5.37 |
| 1942 | 5.48 |
| 1941 | 6.04 |
| 1940 | 6.19 |
| 1939 | 6.29 |
| 1938 | 6.96 |
| 1937 | 7.36 |
| 1936 | 7.6 |
| 1935 | 7.53 |
| 1934 | 7.97 |
| 1933 | 7.31 |

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