World | 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 Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.
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The World Bank
Origin
World
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World | Number of under-five deaths
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1990 12831685
1991 12546054
1992 12200874
1993 11929157
1994 11710162
1995 11392568
1996 11110272
1997 10811867
1998 10508678
1999 10191169
2000 9903236
2001 9606689
2002 9285303
2003 8963109
2004 8688772
2005 8357464
2006 8072075
2007 7808836
2008 7594037
2009 7328160
2010 7108596
2011 6875719
2012 6681748
2013 6481594
2014 6271340
2015 6070327
2016 5889679
2017 5702746
2018 5525259
2019 5354698
2020 5185562
2021 5033672
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World | 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 Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.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
World
Records
63
Source