Levels & Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2014. UNICEF.
Substantial global progress has been made inreducing child deaths since 1990. The number ofunder-five deaths worldwide has declined from 12.7 (12.5, 12.9)1 million in 1990 to 6.3 (6.1, 6.7)million in 2013. While that translates into around 17,000 fewer children dying every day in 2013 than in 1990, it still implies the deaths of about 17,000 children under age five every day in 2013.
The leading causes of death among children under age five include preterm birth complications (17 percent of under-five deaths),pneumonia (15 percent), intrapartum-related complications (complications during labour and delivery; 11 percent), diarrhoea (9 percent) and malaria (7 percent). Globally, nearly half of under-five deaths are attributable to undernutrition.
The global under-five mortality rate is fallingfaster than at any other time during thepast two decades. The global annual rate of reduction has steadily accelerated since 1990–1995—more than tripling from 1.2 percent to 4.0 percent in 2005–2013.
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