get_india_child_mortality: Get India's Under-5 Mortality Rate from World Bank

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Get India's Under-5 Mortality Rate from World Bank

Description

Retrieves India's under-5 mortality rate, measured as the number of deaths of children under five years of age per 1,000 live births, for the years 2010 to 2022 using the World Bank Open Data API. The indicator used is SH.DYN.MORT.

Usage

get_india_child_mortality()

Details

This function sends a GET request to the World Bank API. If the API request fails or returns an error status code, the function returns NULL with an informative message.

Value

A tibble with the following columns:

• indicator: Indicator name (e.g., "Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)")

• country: Country name ("India")

• year: Year of the data (integer)

• value: Mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

Note

Requires internet connection.

Source

World Bank Open Data API: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT

See Also

GET, fromJSON, as_tibble

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  get_india_child_mortality()
}

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