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Bookmark or Share- Maternal mortality rates and statistics - UNICEF DATAMaternal mortality declined by 34 per cent between 2000 and 2020 Maternal mortality refers to deaths due to complications from pregnancy or childbirth. From 2000 to 2020, the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) declined by 34 per cent – from 339 deaths to 223 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to UN inter-agency estimates. This translates into an average annual rate of reduction of ...
- Child Mortality - UNICEF DATAThe world made remarkable progress in child survival in the past three decades, and millions of children have better survival chances than in 1990—1 in 27 children died before reaching age five in 2022, compared to 1 in 11 in 1990. However, progress in reducing under-five mortality has slowed in the first half of the SDG era (2015–2022) compared to what was achieved in the MDG era (2000 ...
- Levels & Trends in Report 2023 Child Mortality - UNICEF DATA2. The annual death toll among children, adolescents and youth remains unacceptably high. Of the 4.9 million under-five deaths in 2022, 2.3 million occurred during the first month of life and 2.6 million children died between the ages of 1 and 59 months. The lives of an additional 2.1 million children, adolescents and youth ages
- Demographics, Health & Infant Mortality - UNICEF DATAEarly childbearing – percentage of women (aged 20-24 years) who gave birth before age 18 (Female) Maternal mortality ratio (number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) (Female) Postnatal care for newborns – percentage of newborns who have a postnatal contact with a health provider within 2 days of delivery.
- Pneumonia in Children Statistics - UNICEF DATAPneumonia kills more children than any other infectious disease, claiming the lives of over 700,000 children under five every year, or around 2,000 every day. This includes around 190,000 newborns. Almost all of these deaths are preventable. Globally, there are over 1,400 cases of pneumonia per 100,000 children, or 1 case per 71 children every year, with the greatest incidence occurring in ...
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