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Quick Facts
- Worldwide, deaths of children under five years of age declined from 93 to 72 deaths per 1,000 live births between 1990 and 2006
- A child born in a developing country is over 13 times more likely to die within the first five years of life than a child born in an industrialised country. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for about half the deaths of children under five in the developing world.
- Between 1990 and 2006, about 27 countries - the large majority in Sub-Saharan Africa - made no progress in reducing childhood deaths.
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Where do we Stand
- In 2006, for the first time, annual deaths among children dipped below 10 million to 9.7 Million. This represents a 60% drop in the rate of child mortality since 1960.
- Despite progress, in 62 countries, under-five mortality is not declining fast enough to meet the Goal 4 target of reducing by two thirds the mortality rate of children under five years of age by 2015.
- The decrease in child malnutrition has been slow; the proportion of children under five who are undernourished declined from 33% in 1990 to 26% in 2006.
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