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From 2011 to 2021, the all-cause death rate among children ages 1–4 declined from 26.3 deaths per 100,000 to 25.0 deaths per 100,000. The injury-related death rate among children ages 1–4 decreased from 11.4 deaths per 100,000 in 2011 to 9.5 deaths per 100,000 in 2019 but did not change significantly through 2021 at 11.2 deaths per 100,000.
Causes of Death by Age Group. Causes of Nonfatal Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments. Causes of Injury Death. Last Reviewed: November 8, 2023. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Charts of the 10 leading causes of death and injury by age group for the US.
The world made remarkable progress in child survival in the past three decades, and millions of children have better survival chances than in 1990—1 in 27 children died before reaching age five in 2022, compared to 1 in 11 in 1990. However, progress in reducing under-five mortality has slowed in the first half of the SDG era (2015–2022) compared to what was achieved in the MDG era (2000 ...
Child mortality and causes of death. |. Indicators. Number of deaths in children aged <5 years, by cause. Deaths per 1 000 live births. Distribution of causes of death among children aged < 5 years (%) If you have any feedback, you are welcome to write it here. If you need to access the old Global Health Observatory data, you can do it here.
Three of the cause groups used for this indicator require special definition: “Other Group 1 (postneonatal)” includes other infections and conditions that occurred in the newborn period but resulted in a postneonatal death, i.e., tetanus, neonatal sepsis, prematurity, and birth asphyxia/trauma. “Other noncommunicable diseases ...
Child mortality is one of the world’s largest problems.Around 6 million children under 15 die per year. That’s around 16,000 deaths every day, or 11 every minute. This devastating statistic reveals the vast number of children whose lives end before they can discover their talents, passions, and dreams as they grow older – and represents the impact of child mortality on so many people’s ...
Heart disease deaths increased by 4.8%, the largest increase in heart disease deaths since 2012. Increases in deaths also occurred for unintentional injury (11.1%), Alzheimer disease (9.8%), and diabetes (15.4%). Influenza and pneumonia deaths in 2020 increased by 7.5%, although the number of deaths was lower in 2020 than in 2017 and 2018.
