Causes of death in children under five, World
The estimated annual number of deaths from each cause. Estimates come with wide uncertainties especially for countries with poor vital registration.
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- Age-standardized death rate from all causes
- Autopsy rate
- Cancer death rate by age group
- Cardiovascular disease death rate by age group
- Causes of deathIHME
- Causes of death
- Causes of deaths for 15- to 49-year-oldsIHME
- Causes of deaths for 50- to 69-year-olds
- Causes of deaths for children between 5 and 14
- Causes of deaths for people who were 70 years and older
- Death rate by cause
- Death rate from cardiovascular diseaseIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from chronic respiratory diseasesIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate from communicable vs. non-communicable diseases
- Death rate from malnutritionIHME, age-standardized
- Death rates through the 20th century
- Deaths by risk factor
- Deaths by risk factor for ages 15-49
- Deaths by risk factor for over 70s
- Deaths by risk factor for under-5s
- Deaths from cardiovascular diseases, by age
- Deaths from protein-energy malnutrition, by age
- Deaths over the 20th century
- Diabetes prevalence in adultsWHO GHO
- Hypertension in adults aged 30-79
- Mortality from non-communicable diseases
- Neonatal deaths by cause
- Number of deaths by age groupBy year
- Obesity in adultsAge-standardized
- Probability of death from any of the top global causes of death
- Respiratory infections death rate
- Road deaths over the long-term
- Share of deaths by cause
- Share of deaths for which the cause is registered
- Share of deaths registered with an ill-defined cause of death
- Share of deaths registered with major causes
- Share of deaths that are registered
- World population living in countries with cause-of-death registration