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Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people

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What you should know about this indicator

Definition

Confirmed neonatal tetanus cases per million.

Method of estimation

WHO compiles neonatal tetanus data as reported by national authorities. Our World In Data converts this into a rate by standardising with our population variable.

Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people
Confirmed neonatal tetanus cases per million.
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
May 19, 2025
Next expected update
May 2026
Date range
1974–2023
Unit
cases per million

Related research and writing

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Tetanus

Hannah Behrens, Sophie Ochmann, Bernadeta Dadonaite, and Max Roser

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

The GHO data repository is WHO's gateway to health-related statistics for its 194 Member States. It provides access to over 1000 indicators on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Millennium Development Goals (child nutrition, child health, maternal and reproductive health, immunization, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected diseases, water and sanitation), non communicable diseases and risk factors, epidemic-prone diseases, health systems, environmental health, violence and injuries, equity among others.

Retrieved on
May 19, 2025
Retrieved from
https://www.who.int/data/gho
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
World Health Organization. 2025. Global Health Observatory data repository. http://www.who.int/gho/en/.

Our World in Data builds and maintains a long-run dataset on population by country, region, and for the world, based on various sources.

You can find more information on these sources and how our time series is constructed on this page: https://ourworldindata.org/population-sources

Retrieved on
July 11, 2024
Retrieved from
https://ourworldindata.org/population-sources
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
The long-run data on population is based on various sources, described on this page: https://ourworldindata.org/population-sources

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Citations

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“Data Page: Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people”, part of the following publication: Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Max Roser (2016) - “Global Health”. Data adapted from World Health Organization, Various sources. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/new-neonatal-tetanus-cases-per-million [online resource]
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World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data

Full citation

World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people” [dataset]. World Health Organization, “Global Health Observatory”; Various sources, “Population” [original data]. Retrieved June 21, 2025 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/new-neonatal-tetanus-cases-per-million