USA - UNICEF DATA

Trends in Under-Five Mortality Rate

Deaths per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate

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Disparities by Household Wealth

Oral Rehydration:
Children under five with diarrhoea receiving ORS (%)

Secondary education:
Net attendance ratio in secondary education (%)

Birth Registration:
Children under age 5 whose births are registered (%)

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Child Health

Proportion of under-five children with suspected pneumonia taken to health provider(%)

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Proportion of children under five years old with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration salts(%)

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Proportion of children under-five sleeping under insecticide-treated bednets

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Proportion of households owning at least one Insecticide-treated net (ITN) (%)

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Proportion of 1 year-old children fully immunised against DPT (%)

95

Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)

92

Child Mortality

Under-five mortality rate (U5MR), Deaths per 1000 live births

7

Number of under-five deaths (thousands)

24,923

Infant mortality rate (IMR), Deaths per 1000 live births

6

Neonatal mortality rate, Deaths per 1000 live births

4

Under-five mortality rate (U5MR), Deaths per 1000 live births, Male

7

Under-five mortality rate (U5MR), Deaths per 1000 live births, Female

6

Nutrition

Early initiation of breastfeeding (within one hour of birth) (%)

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Exclusive breastfeeding rate (%)

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Continued breastfeeding rate (%)

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Prevalence of stunting (moderate and severe) - WHO, Percent(%)

2

Vitamin A supplementation (full)(%)

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Proportion of households consuming iodized salt, Percent (%)

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Maternal Health

Contraceptive prevalence rate, Percent

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Antenatal care coverage for at least one visit (%)

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Antenatal care coverage for at least four visits (%)

97

Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (%)

99

Caesarean section (%)

31

Proportion of women 20-24 year-olds who gave birth before age 18 (%)

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Early Childhood

Attendance in early childhood education(%)

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Support for learning (any Household member, %)

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Support for learning (father, %)

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Learning materials at home - Children's books (%)

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Learning materials at home - Playthings (%)

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Children left in inadequate care (%)

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Education

Gross enrolment ratio in pre-primary education (%)

71

Net attendance ratio in primary education (NAR) (%)

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Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 5 (%)

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Proportion of out-of-school children of primary school age (%)

8

Net attendance ratio in secondary education (%)

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Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds (%)

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HIV/AIDS

Percentage of pregnant women living with HIV receiving most effective ARVs for PMTCT (%)

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Estimated number of new HIV infections among children (aged 0-14)

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HIV positive children (aged 0-14) receiving antiretroviral therapy (%)

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Adolescent girls (aged 15-19) who were tested for HIV in the last 12 months and received the results (%)

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Adolescent boys (aged 15-19) who were tested for HIV in the last 12 months and received the results (%)

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Estimated number of new HIV infections among adolescents (aged 15-19)

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Child Protection

Children under age 5 whose birth is registered (%)

100

Women aged 20-24 years who were first married or in union by age 18 (%)

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Children aged 5 to 14 years engaged in child labour (%)

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Children aged 2 to 14 years who experienced any violent discipline (psychological aggression and/or physical punishment) in the past month (%)

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Justification of wife beating (female, %)

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Justification of wife beating (male, %)

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Sanitation

Proportion of population using improved sanitation facilities (%)

100

Proportion of population using shared sanitation facilities (%)

0

Proportion of population using other unimproved sanitation facilities (%)

0

Proportion of population practicing open defecation (%)

0

Water

Proportion of population using a piped drinking water supply on premises (%)

99

Proportion of population using another improved drinking water source

0

Proportion of population using an unimproved drinking water source other than surface water (%)

1

Proportion of population using a surface water source (%)

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