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Child deaths from pneumonia by risk factor, World, 2017

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
for these deaths.

0100,000200,000300,000400,000Child wasting425,927Indoor air pollution from solid fuels229,857Outdoor air pollution141,671Short gestation for birth weight128,564Child stunting119,037Child underweight92,690No access to handwashing facility90,494Low birth weight for gestation62,875Secondhand smoke61,348Non-exclusive breastfeeding60,276Vitamin A deficiency52,862Zinc deficiency12,377

Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease Study (2017)

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.