Child mortality, 1950 to 2016

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Charts

• Annual number of births by world region
• Breakdown of child mortality by cause
• Causes of death in children under five years old
• Child death rates by cause for boys vs. girls in India
• Child deaths by life stage
• Child deaths from rotavirus
• Child deaths in 1960 vs. 2019
• Child deaths in the 1st year of life
• Child mortalityUN (from 1950)
• Child mortality by income level of country
• Child mortality by sexWorld Bank
• Child mortality by sex
• Child mortality by source
• Child mortality from diarrheal diseases vs. access to basic handwashing facilities
• Child mortality from diarrheal diseases vs. access to sanitation
• 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 2019UN IGME
• Child mortality rateIHME, GBD
• Child mortality rateUN IGME (1960 to 2017)
• Child mortality rateWith SDG Target
• Child mortality rateUN IGME
• Child mortality rate in 2010 and 2017UN IGME
• Child mortality rate in boys and girls per 1,000 live births
• Child mortality rate vs. share of population practicing open defecation
• Child mortality rate, 1970 v. 2019UN IGME
• Child mortality rate, including UN projections
• Child mortality vs GDP per capita
• Child mortality vs level of prosperity
• Child mortality vs per capita total health expenditure
• Child mortality vs share of children immunized against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus
• 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. Share of children who are anemic
• Child mortality vs. extreme poverty
• Child mortality vs. health expenditure
• Child mortality vs. prevalence of teenage pregnancy
• 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
• Death rate from neonatal preterm birth complication
• Death rates from pneumonia in children under 5
• Diarrheal diseases death rates in children under 5
• Effect of gov't effectiveness & healthcare spending on child mortality
• Extreme poverty and child mortality
• Global child deaths by cause
• Global child mortalityGapminder & the World Bank
• Global infant deaths by region
• 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 (1960 to 2017)
• Infant mortality vs. prevalence of prenatal care
• Live births in England and Wales at or under 22 weeks gestation
• MDG4.A: Child mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
• Maternal mortality vs. Neonatal mortality
• Neonatal mortality vs. births attended by skilled health staff
• Neonatal, infant and child mortality rates
• Number of child deaths
• Number of child deaths
• 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 deaths
• Number of neonatal deaths
• Number of neonatal deaths
• Number of neonatal deaths by region
• Number of preterm births
• Number of under-five deaths
• Number of under-five deaths by region
• Preterm birth rate vs. GDP per capita
• Prevalence diarrheal diseases in children vs. GDP per capita
• Prevalence of diarrheal disease in children vs. diarrheal treatment
• Preventable child deaths from rotavirus vaccination
• Share of children with symptoms of pneumonia who are taken to a health provider
• Share of preterm births by country
• Stillbirth rate in England and Wales (per 1,000 total births)
• The decline of child mortality by healthcare spending
• The decline of child mortality by level of prosperity
• Youth mortality rate