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The under-five mortality rate for the world is 39 deaths according to the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO). 5.3 million children under age five died in 2018, 14,722 every day. [1] [2] [3] The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. This rate is often used as an ...
The fact that the country achieved MDG 4, reducing the child mortality and the decline of HIV mortality has helped life expectancy to increase to 65.2 years in 2015 from 46.6 years in 1990. The under 5 mortality rate and infant mortality rate dropped from 203 and 122 in 1990 to 61.3 and 41.4 in 2015.
Mortality rate of countries, deaths per thousand ... Ethiopia: 5.60 ... List of countries by infant and under-five mortality rates; References
The picture is varied. Some countries, like Cambodia, Malawi and Mongolia, have reduced under-5 mortality rates by more than 75% since 2000. Overall, deaths in babies and children under-5 in 2022 ...
Target 3.2 states that "by 2030, the goal is to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age with all countries aiming to reduce under‑5 mortality to as low as 25 per 1,000 live births." [4] Child mortality rates have decreased in the last 40 years.
Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births, 2020) [4] 35.40 Under-five mortality rate (per 1 000 live births, 2020) [4] 48.75 Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population, 2016) [5] 246/194 Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2014) [5] 73 Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2019) [3] 3
Worldwide, substantial progress has been made in the effort to reduce child mortality. The number of under-5 deaths in the world has declined from nearly 12 million in 1990 to 6.9 million in 2011; and the global under-five mortality rate has dropped 41 per cent since 1990 – from 87 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 51 in 2011. [4]
The country-to-country variation in child mortality rates is huge, and growing wider despite progress in decreasing the overall IMR. Among the world's roughly 200 nations, only Somalia showed no decrease in the under-5 mortality rate over the past two decades. In 2011 the global rate of under-5 deaths was 51 deaths per 1,000 births.