{"id":2979,"date":"2014-06-30T21:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/?p=2979"},"modified":"2018-11-24T20:47:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T15:17:06","slug":"child-mortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/child-mortality\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Mortality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post was written for Escape Velocity Blog and first appeared there.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2980\" src=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-620x468.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-620x468.png 620w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-440x332.png 440w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-200x151.png 200w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-400x302.png 400w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-600x452.png 600w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-800x603.png 800w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1200x905.png 1200w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality.png 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2982\" src=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1-620x468.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1-620x468.png 620w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1-440x332.png 440w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1-200x151.png 200w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1-400x302.png 400w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1-600x452.png 600w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1-800x603.png 800w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1-1200x905.png 1200w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-1.png 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2981\" src=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-2-620x468.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-2-620x468.png 620w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-2-440x332.png 440w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-2-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-2-200x151.png 200w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-2-400x302.png 400w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-2-600x452.png 600w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-2-800x603.png 800w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-2-1200x905.png 1200w, https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/InfantMortality-2.png 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the info-graphics above need no explanation, for those who lack the time to enlarge the image and peruse them, am mentioning below some key take-aways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6.6 Mn children under the age of 5 died in 2012<\/li>\n<li>The global under-5 mortality rate equals 48 deaths per 1000 births<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In case you thought the scourge of pneumonia had been banished, think again; it accounts for 17% of these deaths, and is the largest contributor, along with prematurity. Pneumonia is still the leading cause of deaths in 83 countries<\/li>\n<li>Malaria is still a major killer in Sub-Saharan Africa, causing about 14 percent of under-five deaths in the region.<\/li>\n<li>Deaths due to diarrhoea have been nearly halved in the past decade but it still accounts for a tenth of all under-five deaths. Deaths due to Diarrhoea are high in countries such as India, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Angola, Niger etc.\n<ul>\n<li>India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Nigeria and China, 7 of the most populous countries, collectively accounted for half of the total number of under-five deaths globally<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>While China is mentioned among these, it\u2019s under-5 mortality rate (at 14 deaths per 1000 births) is actually much less than that of the other nations , it features on this list die it\u2019s large population base<\/li>\n<li>Of these nations, the statistic is the worst for Nigeria, with an under-5 mortality rate of 124 deaths per 1000 births<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In case to wish to see statistics on under-5 mortality rates or causes for a particular country, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/opengovernanceindia.org\/ckjlhrd\/distribution-of-causes-of-death-among-children-aged-5-years-ww#Diarrhoeal%20diseases\">click on this link for causes<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/opengovernanceindia.org\/albwdyf\/both-sexes-under-five-mortality-rate\">this link for rates<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post was written for Escape Velocity Blog and first appeared there. While the info-graphics above need no explanation, for those who lack the time to enlarge the image and peruse them, am mentioning below some key take-aways: 6.6 Mn children under the age of 5 died in 2012 The global under-5 mortality rate equals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"book_review_cover_url":"","book_review_title":"","book_review_series":"","book_review_author":"","book_review_genre":"","book_review_isbn":"","book_review_publisher":"","book_review_release_date":"","book_review_format":"","book_review_pages":"","book_review_source":"","book_review_rating":"","book_review_summary":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,109,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-escape-velocity","category-infographics","category-visualisation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/photo-1547139559-c89c59d117611.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2983,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2979\/revisions\/2983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}