The rate of infant mortality in Grenada was 11 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2011, with an under-five mortality rate of 14 deaths per 1,000 live births. As shown in Graph 1, there has been a consistent decline in the under-five mortality rate since 1990. Despite this, the under-five mortality rate has not yet reached the country’s target of seven deaths per 1,000 live births, as defined by Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4). In 2010 the two most prominent known causes of death for children below the age of five years were congenital anomalies (44 per cent) and neonatal sepsis (12 per cent). Other contributory causes were prematurity and birth asphyxia (both six per cent). Maternal mortality stood at 24 per 100,000 live births in 2010 (estimate from UN agencies/World Bank).
