United States
Key demographic Indicators
Under 5 Mortality Indicator bubble 7 PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS
Under 5 Mortality Indicator bubble 321,774,000

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
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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
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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
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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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