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Globally, infectious diseases, including acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea and malaria, along with pre-term birth complications, birth asphyxia and trauma and congenital anomalies remain the leading causes of death for children under 5.
28 de ene. de 2022 · Globally, infectious diseases, including pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria, along with pre-term birth complications, birth asphyxia and trauma and congenital anomalies remain the leading causes of death for children under 5 years.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest child mortality rate in the world, in some places 15 times higher than in high-income countries. The leading causes of death among children include respiratory infections, diarrhoeal diseases, measles, malaria, malnutrition and newborn conditions.
Deaths by risk factor for ages 5-14. Deaths from whooping cough, by age. Diarrheal diseases death rate in children under five By world region. Diarrheal diseases death rate in children vs. access to basic handwashing facilities. Drowning death rate in children under the age of 5. Fertility rate vs. child mortality.
In 2022, 4.9 million children under 5 years of age died. This translates to 13,400 children under the age of 5 dying every day in 2022. Globally, infectious diseases, including pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria, remain a leading cause of under-five deaths, along with preterm birth and intrapartum-related complications.
Child mortality is one of the world’s largest problems. Around 6 million children under 15 die per year. That’s around 16,000 deaths every day, or 11 every minute.
