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Child Survival and Development
IntroductionEstimates show a 27 per cent decline in the global under-five mortality rate, from 93 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990, to 68 deaths per 1000 live births in 2007. However, many countries still have high levels of child mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and in recent years have made little or no progress in reducing the number of child deaths.
Child survival key data:
- Global child deaths under age five per year (2007): 9.2 million Global child deaths under age five each day (2006): more than 26,000
- Neonatal deaths per year (during the first 28 days of life, 2000): 30 per 1,000 live births
- Global births every year: 135 million
- Under-five deaths by cause, (2000-2003)
o Neonatal causes: 37 per cent
o Pneumonia: 19 per cent
o Diarrhoeal diseases: 17 per cent
o Malaria: 8 per cent
o Measles: 4 per cent
o AIDS: 3 per cent
o Other causes, plus (including injuries): 13 per cent - Region with highest under five mortality rates, 2006: West & Central Africa, 186 per 1,000 live births
- Country with highest child mortality, 2006: Sierra Leone, 270 per 1,000 live births
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