State of the World's Children 2013 - Unicef

under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
uNICEF Region 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa 236 212 197 184 178 170 154 133 112 109
Eastern and Southern Africa 214 191 183 170 162 155 135 112 88 84
West and Central Africa 259 237 215 202 197 190 175 155 135 132
Middle East and North Africa 190 157 122 90 72 61 52 44 37 36
South Asia 195 175 154 135 119 104 89 75 64 62
East Asia and Pacific 120 92 75 62 55 49 39 29 22 20
Latin America and Caribbean 117 100 81 65 53 43 34 26 22 19
CEE/CIS 88 75 68 56 48 45 35 28 22 21
Least developed countries 238 223 206 186 171 156 136 118 102 98
World 141 123 111 96 87 82 73 63 53 51
under-five deaths (millions)
uNICEF Region 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.4
Eastern and Southern Africa 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.2
West and Central Africa 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1
Middle East and North Africa 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
South Asia 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.3 3.9 3.3 2.7 2.4 2.3
East Asia and Pacific 5.2 3.5 2.3 2.4 2.2 1.6 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.6
Latin America and Caribbean 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2
CEE/CIS 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Least developed countries 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.6
World 16.9 14.8 13.1 12.7 12.0 10.8 9.6 8.2 7.1 6.9
Notes on specific tables
TABLE 1. BASIC INdICATORS
Under-five mortality rate by gender: For the first time, IGME
has produced gender-specific estimates of the under-five
mortality rate. Details on the estimation methods are
available in the annex of the latest IGME report, at
.
Share of household income: The percentage share of
household income received by the wealthiest 20 per cent
and the poorest 40 per cent of households has been moved
from Table 1 to Table 7, where it is now presented alongside
other economic indicators.
TABLE 2. NuTRITION
Underweight, stunting, wasting and overweight: UNICEF
and WHO have initiated a process to harmonize anthropometric
data used for computation and estimation of
regional and global averages and trend analysis. As part
of this process, regional and global averages for underweight
(moderate and severe), stunting, wasting and
overweight prevalences are derived from a model
described in M. de Onis et al., ‘Methodology for Estimating
Regional and Global Trends of Child Malnutrition’
(International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 33, 2004,
pp. 1260–1270). Owing to differences in data sources
(i.e., new empirical data are incorporated as made available)
and estimation methodology, these regional average
prevalence estimates may not be comparable to the averages
published in previous editions of The State of the
World’s Children.
Vitamin A supplementation: Emphasizing the importance
for children of receiving two annual doses of vitamin A
(spaced 4–6 months apart), this report presents only full
coverage of vitamin A supplementation. In the absence of
a direct method to measure this indicator, full coverage
is reported as the lower coverage estimate from rounds
1 and 2 in a given year.
TABLE 3. HEALTH
Diarrhoea treatment: For the first time, the table includes
diarrhoea treatment with oral rehydration salts (ORS). ORS
is a key commodity for child survival and therefore it is crucial
to monitor its coverage. This replaces the indicator used
in previous years, diarrhoea treatment with oral rehydration
therapy and continued feeding, which will continue to be
available at .
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