Low & middle income | Number of under-five deaths
Number of children dying before reaching age five. Limitations and exceptions: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Low & middle income
Records
63
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Low & middle income | Number of under-five deaths
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1990 12633569
1991 12357453
1992 12022552
1993 11760997
1994 11551583
1995 11242977
1996 10968680
1997 10676928
1998 10379684
1999 10067379
2000 9783526
2001 9490991
2002 9173813
2003 8854818
2004 8583200
2005 8254646
2006 7971303
2007 7709443
2008 7496267
2009 7232836
2010 7016151
2011 6785963
2012 6594502
2013 6396523
2014 6187997
2015 5987890
2016 5806058
2017 5621342
2018 5446632
2019 5279118
2020 5113154
2021 4963761
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Low & middle income | Number of under-five deaths
Number of children dying before reaching age five. Limitations and exceptions: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Low & middle income
Records
63
Source