Causes of death in children under five years old, World

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• Breakdown of child mortality by cause
• Child death rates by cause for boys vs. girls in India
• Child deaths by life stage
• Child deaths by world region
• Child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus
• Child deaths in 1960 vs. 2020
• Child deaths in the 1st year of life
• Child deaths in the first 5 years of life by age groupStacked area chart
• Child deaths in the first 5 years of life by age groupLine chart
• Child mortalityLong-run data; Gapminder & UN IGME
• Child mortality by income level of country
• Child mortality by sex
• Child mortality by sexWorld Bank
• Child mortality by source
• Child mortality from respiratory infections vs. access to clean fuels for cooking
• Child mortality from respiratory infections vs. share taken to a healthcare provider
• Child mortality in the past vs. todayUN IGME
• Child mortality rateSlope chart
• Child mortality rate
• Child mortality rateUN (from 1950)
• Child mortality rateLine chart
• Child mortality rateIHME, GBD
• Child mortality rate vs. electoral democracy
• Child mortality rate vs. share of population practicing open defecation
• Child mortality rate, including UN projections
• Child mortality vs. level of prosperity
• Child mortality vs. per capita health expenditure
• Child mortality vs. prevalence of anemia among pregnant women
• Child mortality vs. prevalence of child wasting
• Child mortality vs. prevalence of stunting
• Child mortality vs. prevalence of teenage pregnancy
• Child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty
• Child mortality vs. share of children immunized against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus
• Child mortality vs. share of children who are anemic
• Child mortality vs. share with respiratory infections taken to a healthcare provider
• Child mortality vs. women's average years of schooling
• Child mortality: IHME vs. UN IGME estimates
• Child mortality: UN IGME vs. UN DESA comparison
• Childhood deaths from the five most lethal infectious diseases worldwide
• Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
• Children with diarrheal disease vs. oral rehydration salts
• Death rate from neonatal preterm birth complication
• Death rate from pneumonia in children
• Deaths by ageUN
• Deaths of children younger than 15 years
• Diarrheal diseases death rate in children under fiveBy world region
• Diarrheal diseases death rate in children vs. access to basic handwashing facilities
• Extreme poverty and child mortality
• Global child deaths by cause
• Global child mortalityGapminder & the World Bank
• Global infant mortality by cause for boys vs. girls
• Has country already reached SDG target on child mortality?
• Has country already reached SDG target on neonatal mortality?
• Infant mortality by sex
• Infant mortality rateUN IGME
• Infant mortality vs. prevalence of prenatal care
• Live births in England and Wales at or under 22 weeks gestation
• MDG4.A: Child mortality rate
• Maternal mortality vs. neonatal mortality
• Neonatal deaths by cause
• Neonatal deaths by region
• Neonatal mortality vs. births attended by skilled health staff
• Neonatal, infant and child mortality rates
• Number of child deathsUN/WHO
• Number of child deathsIHME
• Number of child deathsUN/World Bank
• Number of child deathsSlope chart
• Number of child deaths by source
• Number of children per who died before they were five years old per woman
• Number of deaths from pneumonia in children under 5
• Number of infant deathsUN via World Bank
• Number of neonatal deathsIHME
• Number of under-five deaths by region
• Number of youth deaths
• Rotavirus deaths in children under five
• Rotavirus deaths that were preventable in children under five
• Share of children with symptoms of pneumonia who are taken to a health provider
• Under-5 mortality rateWith SDG Target
• Under-5 mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
• Youth mortality rate