child mortality
Young deaths rate
Child mortality is the death of children, typically measured as deaths before age five per thousand live births.
It serves as a key indicator of public health and development: The region has made significant progress in reducing child mortality.
Infant mortality specifically refers to deaths in the first year of life.
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- povertySevere lack of resources
- vaccination programsOrganized public inoculation efforts
- clean waterUncontaminated hydration source
- infectious diseasesPathogen-caused transmissible conditions
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- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- African healthmalaria, HIV, cholera, tuberculosis, TB
- development statisticsdemographic data, birth rate, poverty rates, death rate, literacy rate