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Child deaths from pneumonia by risk factor, World, 1990 to 2019

Shown is the number of deaths of children younger than five from pneumonia and other lower respiratory diseases by risk factor that was estimated to be responsible forthese deaths.

1990201919952000200520102015Child wastingLow birth weightNo access to handwashing facilitySecondhand smokeChild underweightIndoor air pollution from solid fuelsNon-exclusive breastfeedingShort gestationChild stunting
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Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2019)

Note: Risk factors can interact and overlap for a given cause of death; therefore the sum of deaths attributed to risk factors will exceed the total number of deaths from pneumonia.

1990
2019

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