THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S CHILDREN 2004 - Unicef

…TABLE 10
Under-5
mortality
rank
Under-5
mortality
rate
1960 1990 2002
Average annual
rate of
reduction (%)
1960-90 1990-2002
Reduction
since 1990
(%)
GDP per capita
average annual
growth rate (%)
1960-90 1990-2002
Total
fertility rate
1960 1990 2002
Average annual
rate of reduction (%)
1960-90 1990-2002
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia 108 177 41 26 4.9 3.8 37 - -0.7 4.2 2.0 1.9 2.5 0.4
Timor-Leste 34 - 160 126 - 2.0 21 - - 6.4 5.0 3.9 0.8 2.1
Togo 29 267 152 141 1.9 0.6 7 1.2 -0.6 7.1 6.3 5.4 0.4 1.3
Tonga 125 - 27 20 - 2.5 26 - 2.0 7.3 4.7 3.8 1.5 1.8
Trinidad and Tobago 125 73 24 20 3.7 1.5 17 3.1 2.8 5.1 2.5 1.6 2.4 3.7
Tunisia 108 254 52 26 5.3 5.8 50 3.3x 3.1 7.1 3.6 2.0 2.3 4.9
Turkey 78 219 78 42 3.4 5.2 46 1.9x 1.3 6.4 3.4 2.5 2.1 2.6
Turkmenistan 49 - 97 98 - -0.1 -1 - -4.3 6.4 4.3 2.7 1.3 3.9
Tuvalu 73 - 56 52 - 0.6 7 - - - - - - -
Uganda 29 224 160 141 1.1 1.1 12 - 3.5 6.9 7.1 7.1 -0.1 0.0
Ukraine 125 53 22 20 2.9 0.8 9 - -6.1 2.5 1.8 1.2 1.1 3.4
United Arab Emirates 152 223 14 9 9.2 3.7 36 -5.0x -1.6x 6.9 4.2 2.9 1.7 3.1
United Kingdom 161 27 10 7 3.3 3.0 30 2.1 2.4 2.7 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.0
United States 158 30 10 8 3.7 1.9 20 2.2 2.1 3.5 2.0 2.1 1.9 -0.4
Uruguay 142 56 24 15 2.8 3.9 38 0.9 1.3 2.9 2.5 2.3 0.5 0.7
Uzbekistan 67 - 62 68 - -0.8 -10 - -1.0 6.7 4.0 2.5 1.7 3.9
Vanuatu 78 225 70 42 3.9 4.3 40 - -1.1 7.2 4.9 4.2 1.3 1.3
Venezuela 120 75 27 22 3.4 1.7 19 -0.5 -1.0 6.6 3.5 2.7 2.1 2.2
Viet Nam 86 105 51 39 2.4 2.2 24 - 5.9 6.9 3.7 2.3 2.1 4.0
Yemen 44 340 142 107 2.9 2.4 25 - 2.1 8.3 8.1 7.0 0.1 1.2
Zambia 13 213 189 192 0.4 -0.1 -2 -1.2 -1.4 6.6 6.3 5.7 0.2 0.8
Zimbabwe 37 159 80 123 2.3 -3.6 -54 1.1 -0.8 7.2 5.6 4.0 0.8 2.8
REGIONAL SUMMARIES
Sub-Saharan Africa 262 180 174 1.3 0.3 3 1.1 0.4 6.8 6.3 5.5 0.3 1.1
Middle East and North Africa 250 81 58 3.8 2.8 28 2.8 1.9 7.1 5.0 3.5 1.2 3.0
South Asia 244 128 97 2.2 2.3 24 1.7 3.6 6.0 4.3 3.4 1.1 2.0
East Asia and Pacific 207 58 43 4.2 2.5 26 5.4 6.3 5.8 2.5 2.0 2.8 1.9
Latin America and Caribbean 153 54 34 3.5 3.9 37 2.2 1.4 6.0 3.2 2.6 2.1 1.7
CEE/CIS and Baltic States 112 48 41 2.8 1.3 15 - -1.2 3.2 2.3 1.7 1.1 2.5
Industrialized countries 39 10 7 4.5 3.0 30 2.9 1.8 2.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.0
Developing countries 222 103 90 2.6 1.1 13 3.5 3.6 6.0 3.6 3.0 1.7 1.5
Least developed countries 278 181 158 1.4 1.1 13 0.1 1.6 6.7 5.9 5.2 0.4 1.1
World 196 93 82 2.5 1.0 12 3.0 2.1 5.0 3.2 2.8 1.5 1.1
Countries in each region are listed on page 136.
DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS
Under-five mortality rate – Probability of dying between birth and exactly five years of age
expressed per 1,000 live births.
Reduction since 1990 (%) – Percentage reduction in the under-five mortality rate (U5MR) from
1990 to 2002. The United Nations Millennium Declaration in 2000 established a goal of a twothirds
(67%) reduction in U5MR from 1990 to 2015. Hence this indicator provides a current
assessment of progress towards this goal.
MAIN DATA SOURCES
Under-five mortality – UNICEF, United Nations Population Division and United Nations Statistics
Division.
GDP per capita – World Bank.
Fertility – United Nations Population Division.
GDP per capita – Gross domestic product (GDP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers
plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output. GDP per capita is
gross domestic product divided by mid-year population. Growth is calculated from constant price
GDP data in local currency.
Total fertility rate – The number of children that would be born per woman if she were to live to
the end of her child-bearing years and bear children at each age in accordance with prevailing
age-specific fertility rates.
NOTES - Data not available.
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