Situation analySiS

SITUATION ANAlySIS of ChIldreN in UgANdASTATISTICAl ABSTrACTNationally, there are estimated to be 167,000 deaths of childrenaged under five and 101,000 deaths of children aged under oneyear annually.Karamoja has the highest under-one and under-five mortality rates, with 87/1,000live births and 153/1,000 respectively.Karamoja’s under-five mortality rate is more than twice as high as Kampala’s(65/1,000).Western region has the estimated highest number of deaths of both under five andunder one-year-olds (with 14,000 and 23,000 respectively).iNfaNt mortalitySource: Mortality rates: UBOS and ICF International, 2012; Absolute deaths estimates: UNICEF calculations127