Datasource:
Mortality Assessment Survey
Period:
January, 2015 to December, 2015
This survey has been conducted in Rwanda for the first time in 2015. It produces estimates of Crude Death Rate; Infant Mortality Rate; Under-five Mortality rate; Neonatal and Post neonatal mortality rates; Maternal Mortality Ratio; the sex-age pattern of mortality and finally Life table construction.
The General Mortality level measured by Crude Death Rate (CDR) in the indicated reference period is estimated as 2.17 per thousand, with the 95% confidence interval ranges from 1.38 to 2.97 per thousand.
TABLE: Population by sex and total as of 30 November, 2015 and 16 August, 2012
POPULATION MASas of 30 November, 2015 | Male | Count | 5,490,912 |
| % | 100 | ||
| Female | Count | 5,779,856 | |
| % | 100 | ||
| Total | Count | 11,270,768 | |
| % | 100 | ||
POPULATION count as of 16 August, 2012 | Male | Count | 5,064,868 |
| Female | Count | 5,451,105 | |
| Total | Count | 10,515,973 | |
| Total | % | 100 |
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has been estimated at 19.2 infant deaths per thousand live births. No significant Difference has been found between MAS estimate of IMR and linearly extrapolated DHS estimate of IMR so as to refer to the same MAS reference period.
At national level, Neonatal Mortality Rate is estimated at 11.1 infant deaths per 1000 live births. Male Neonatal Mortality Rate is higher (11.7) than that of female (9.6). Urban Neonatal Mortality Rate (8.4) is lower than that of rural residence (11.7). At provincial level neonatal mortality rate ranges from 7.5 in the City of Kigali to 13.8 in Northern Province.
Post Neonatal Mortality Rate is measured at 8 per 1000 live births for the whole country, it is to somewhat higher for males (8.2) compared to that of females (7.8). Urban Post Neonatal Mortality Rate is as low as a half of the corresponding rate in rural areas. Post Neonatal Mortality Rate is 4.6 and 8.9 in urban and rural respectively.