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| 27186 | When do children die | untitled-reusable-block-132 | wp_block | publish | <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-right"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-right"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the visualization we see the total number of child deaths by life stage. More than one-third — 1.86 million (34.5%) — died in the first week of their lives. This is a devastatingly large number: it means that, on average, 5,096 children younger than one week die every day.{ref}1,860,000 children die every year. An average year has 365 days. This means than on every average day 1,860,000 / 365 = 5,096 children die.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the visualization we see the total number of child deaths by life stage. More than one-third — 1.86 million (34.5%) — died in the first week of their lives. This is a devastatingly large number: it means that, on average, 5,096 children younger than one week die every day.{ref}1,860,000 children die every year. An average year has 365 days. This means than on every average day 1,860,000 / 365 = 5,096 children die.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In fact, if we look at the probability of death is the highest in the first 24 hours of life. Newborns are <a href="https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2019/10/Probability-of-dying.png">four times more likely to die</a> in the first 24 hours of life than in the next 24 and nine times more likely than on their 7th day of life.# </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Oza, S., Cousens, S. N., & Lawn, J. E. (2014). <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(14)70309-2/fulltext#seccestitle140">Estimation of daily risk of neonatal death, including the day of birth, in 186 countries in 2013: a vital-registration and modelling-based study.</a><em>The Lancet Global health</em>, <em>2</em>(11), e635-e644.{/ref}</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4>Child mortality rates have fallen dramatically, but the progress has not been even across all child ages </h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>While child mortality has fallen across all age groups, the rate of reduction <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-death-change">has not been even</a>. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The world has been much more successfully in preventing deaths of older children than young infants. Since 1990, mortality has fallen by:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>65% for children aged 1 to 4 years old;</li><li>58% for infants (younger than one year);</li><li>49% for neonates (younger than four weeks); and</li><li>39% for babies younger than one week.</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Why have we made greater progress in saving older children? </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Older children tend to die from diseases such as <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/childhood-diarrheal-diseases">diarrhea</a>, <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-one-year-olds-who-received-the-final-dose-of-pneumococcal-vaccine">pneumonia</a>, <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-children-vaccinated-against-measles">measles</a>, and meningitis. These can now be prevented through vaccination. Over the last decades, the world has made <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaccine-preventable-diseases">rapid progress</a> in the fight against these <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/vaccination">vaccine-preventable</a> diseases. And when a disease can’t be prevented, we can also treat children with interventions, such as <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/oral-rehydration-therapy">oral rehydration therapy</a>.{ref}What this also means is that the share of child deaths from older or younger children also depends on how much progress countries have made on vaccine coverage and other interventions. If you click on the ‘Relative” toggle in the chart and change the country using the “Change country” to Sub-Saharan Africa, where <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality-rate-ihme?time=1950..2017">child mortality rates are the highest</a>, you’ll see that the share of children dying <em>after</em> the neonatal period is higher than in the rest of the world. There, neonatal deaths account for only 37% of under-5 deaths, whereas in most Asian, European and American countries this share is 50% or higher. This is because many countries across Sub-Saharan Africa still have significant progress to make in the prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases. <br><br>What this data tells us is – <em>when countries make progress against child mortality, the share of child deaths in the earliest stages of life increases</em>.{/ref} </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>But the causes of death in the youngest children are very different. Pre- and post- birth complications – which are the major cause of death in the early days of life – cannot be directly prevented by these types of interventions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4>More focus is needed on mortality in the first days of life</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This means that as child mortality rates decline across the world, our attention must turn increasingly towards saving babies in the first days of life. We need to make much faster progress in addressing neonatal causes of death.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Neonatal deaths can be prevented by provision of basic care for mothers and newborns. Over the past decades the coverage of many of these interventions has increased: more women <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/antenatal-care-coverage">receive antenatal care</a>, more births are <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/births-attended-by-health-staff-sdgs?time=2000..2014&country=OWID_WRL">attended by a skilled healthcare worker</a>, more newborns are <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/exclusive-breastfeeding">exclusively breastfed</a>. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>But the coverage of these and other interventions is still far from sufficient. In 2014 the coverage of simple thermal care for newborns was just 11%; coverage of syphilis detection and treatment in neonates was just 23%; only 49% of births were delivered using clean birth practices; and just 8% of newborns with infections received oral antibiotics.{ref}Bhutta, Z. A., Das, J. K., Bahl, R., Lawn, J. E., Salam, R. A., Paul, V. K., … & Walker, N. 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In the visualization we see the total number of child deaths by life stage. More than one-third — 1.86 million (34.5%) — died in the first week of their lives. This is a devastatingly large number: it means that, on average, 5,096 children younger than one week die every day.{ref}1,860,000 children die every year. An average year has 365 days. This means than on every average day 1,860,000 / 365 = 5,096 children die. In the visualization we see the total number of child deaths by life stage. More than one-third — 1.86 million (34.5%) — died in the first week of their lives. This is a devastatingly large number: it means that, on average, 5,096 children younger than one week die every day.{ref}1,860,000 children die every year. An average year has 365 days. This means than on every average day 1,860,000 / 365 = 5,096 children die. In fact, if we look at the probability of death is the highest in the first 24 hours of life. Newborns are [four times more likely to die](https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2019/10/Probability-of-dying.png) in the first 24 hours of life than in the next 24 and nine times more likely than on their 7th day of life.# Oza, S., Cousens, S. N., & Lawn, J. E. (2014). [Estimation of daily risk of neonatal death, including the day of birth, in 186 countries in 2013: a vital-registration and modelling-based study.](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(14)70309-2/fulltext#seccestitle140)_The Lancet Global health_, _2_(11), e635-e644.{/ref} #### Child mortality rates have fallen dramatically, but the progress has not been even across all child ages While child mortality has fallen across all age groups, the rate of reduction [has not been even](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-death-change). The world has been much more successfully in preventing deaths of older children than young infants. Since 1990, mortality has fallen by: * 65% for children aged 1 to 4 years old; * 58% for infants (younger than one year); * 49% for neonates (younger than four weeks); and * 39% for babies younger than one week. Why have we made greater progress in saving older children? Older children tend to die from diseases such as [diarrhea](https://ourworldindata.org/childhood-diarrheal-diseases), [pneumonia](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-one-year-olds-who-received-the-final-dose-of-pneumococcal-vaccine), [measles](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-children-vaccinated-against-measles), and meningitis. These can now be prevented through vaccination. Over the last decades, the world has made [rapid progress](https://ourworldindata.org/vaccine-preventable-diseases) in the fight against these [vaccine-preventable](https://ourworldindata.org/vaccination) diseases. And when a disease can’t be prevented, we can also treat children with interventions, such as [oral rehydration therapy](https://ourworldindata.org/oral-rehydration-therapy).{ref}What this also means is that the share of child deaths from older or younger children also depends on how much progress countries have made on vaccine coverage and other interventions. If you click on the ‘Relative” toggle in the chart and change the country using the “Change country” to Sub-Saharan Africa, where [child mortality rates are the highest](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality-rate-ihme?time=1950..2017), you’ll see that the share of children dying _after_ the neonatal period is higher than in the rest of the world. There, neonatal deaths account for only 37% of under-5 deaths, whereas in most Asian, European and American countries this share is 50% or higher. This is because many countries across Sub-Saharan Africa still have significant progress to make in the prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases. What this data tells us is – _when countries make progress against child mortality, the share of child deaths in the earliest stages of life increases_.{/ref} But the causes of death in the youngest children are very different. Pre- and post- birth complications – which are the major cause of death in the early days of life – cannot be directly prevented by these types of interventions. #### More focus is needed on mortality in the first days of life This means that as child mortality rates decline across the world, our attention must turn increasingly towards saving babies in the first days of life. We need to make much faster progress in addressing neonatal causes of death. Neonatal deaths can be prevented by provision of basic care for mothers and newborns. Over the past decades the coverage of many of these interventions has increased: more women [receive antenatal care](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/antenatal-care-coverage), more births are [attended by a skilled healthcare worker](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/births-attended-by-health-staff-sdgs?time=2000..2014&country=OWID_WRL), more newborns are [exclusively breastfed](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/exclusive-breastfeeding). But the coverage of these and other interventions is still far from sufficient. In 2014 the coverage of simple thermal care for newborns was just 11%; coverage of syphilis detection and treatment in neonates was just 23%; only 49% of births were delivered using clean birth practices; and just 8% of newborns with infections received oral antibiotics.{ref}Bhutta, Z. A., Das, J. K., Bahl, R., Lawn, J. E., Salam, R. A., Paul, V. K., … & Walker, N. (2014). [Can available interventions end preventable deaths in mothers, newborn babies, and stillbirths, and at what cost?](https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140-6736(14)60792-3). The Lancet, 384(9940), 347-370.{/ref} If we’re to continue the progress against childhood mortality we need to increase our focus on interventions that can protect the youngest among us. <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-deaths-by_age"/> | {
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"content": "\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-right\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>In the visualization we see the total number of child deaths by life stage. More than one-third \u2014 1.86 million (34.5%) \u2014 died in the first week of their lives. This is a devastatingly large number: it means that, on average, 5,096 children younger than one week die every day.{ref}1,860,000 children die every year. An average year has 365 days. This means than on every average day 1,860,000 / 365 = 5,096 children die.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the visualization we see the total number of child deaths by life stage. More than one-third \u2014 1.86 million (34.5%) \u2014 died in the first week of their lives. This is a devastatingly large number: it means that, on average, 5,096 children younger than one week die every day.{ref}1,860,000 children die every year. An average year has 365 days. This means than on every average day 1,860,000 / 365 = 5,096 children die.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, if we look at the probability of death is the highest in the first 24 hours of life. Newborns are <a href=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2019/10/Probability-of-dying.png\">four times more likely to die</a> in the first 24 hours of life than in the next 24 and nine times more likely than on their 7th day of life.#\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oza, S., Cousens, S. N., & Lawn, J. E. (2014). <a href=\"https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(14)70309-2/fulltext#seccestitle140\">Estimation of daily risk of neonatal death, including the day of birth, in 186 countries in 2013: a vital-registration and modelling-based study.</a><em>The Lancet Global health</em>, <em>2</em>(11), e635-e644.{/ref}</p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Child mortality rates have fallen dramatically, but the progress has not been even across all child ages\u00a0</h4>\n\n\n\n<p>While child mortality has fallen across all age groups, the rate of reduction <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-death-change\">has not been even</a>. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world has been much more successfully in preventing deaths of older children than young infants. Since 1990, mortality has fallen by:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>65% for children aged 1 to 4 years old;</li><li>58% for infants (younger than one year);</li><li>49% for neonates (younger than four weeks); and</li><li>39% for babies younger than one week.</li></ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Why have we made greater progress in saving older children?\u00a0</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Older children tend to die from diseases such as <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/childhood-diarrheal-diseases\">diarrhea</a>, <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-one-year-olds-who-received-the-final-dose-of-pneumococcal-vaccine\">pneumonia</a>, <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-children-vaccinated-against-measles\">measles</a>, and meningitis. These can now be prevented through vaccination. Over the last decades, the world has made <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/vaccine-preventable-diseases\">rapid progress</a> in the fight against these <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/vaccination\">vaccine-preventable</a> diseases. And when a disease can\u2019t be prevented, we can also treat children with interventions, such as <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/oral-rehydration-therapy\">oral rehydration therapy</a>.{ref}What this also means is that the share of child deaths from older or younger children also depends on how much progress countries have made on vaccine coverage and other interventions. If you click on the \u2018Relative\u201d toggle in the chart and change the country using the \u201cChange country\u201d to Sub-Saharan Africa, where <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality-rate-ihme?time=1950..2017\">child mortality rates are the highest</a>, you\u2019ll see that the share of children dying <em>after</em> the neonatal period is higher than in the rest of the world. There, neonatal deaths account for only 37% of under-5 deaths, whereas in most Asian, European and American countries this share is 50% or higher. This is because many countries across Sub-Saharan Africa still have significant progress to make in the prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases.\u00a0\u00a0<br><br>What this data tells us is \u2013 <em>when countries make progress against child mortality, the share of child deaths in the earliest stages of life increases</em>.{/ref}\u00a0</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the causes of death in the youngest children are very different. Pre- and post- birth complications \u2013 which are the major cause of death in the early days of life \u2013 cannot be directly prevented by these types of interventions.</p>\n\n\n\n<h4>More focus is needed on mortality in the first days of life</h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that as child mortality rates decline across the world, our attention must turn increasingly towards saving babies in the first days of life. We need to make much faster progress in addressing neonatal causes of death.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neonatal deaths can be prevented by provision of basic care for mothers and newborns. Over the past decades the coverage of many of these interventions has increased: more women <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/antenatal-care-coverage\">receive antenatal care</a>, more births are <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/births-attended-by-health-staff-sdgs?time=2000..2014&country=OWID_WRL\">attended by a skilled healthcare worker</a>, more newborns are <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/exclusive-breastfeeding\">exclusively breastfed</a>.\u00a0</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the coverage of these and other interventions is still far from sufficient. In 2014 the coverage of simple thermal care for newborns was just 11%; coverage of syphilis detection and treatment in neonates was just 23%; only 49% of births were delivered using clean birth practices; and just 8% of newborns with infections received oral antibiotics.{ref}Bhutta, Z. A., Das, J. K., Bahl, R., Lawn, J. E., Salam, R. A., Paul, V. K., \u2026 & Walker, N. (2014). <a href=\"https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140-6736(14)60792-3\">Can available interventions end preventable deaths in mothers, newborn babies, and stillbirths, and at what cost?</a>. The Lancet, 384(9940), 347-370.{/ref}</p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we\u2019re to continue the progress against childhood mortality we need to increase our focus on interventions that can protect the youngest among us. </p>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-deaths-by_age\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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