Background Information about the distribution of causes of and time trends for child mortality
should be periodically updated. We report the latest estimates of causes of child mortality in …

Background Up-to-date information on the causes of child deaths is crucial to guide global
efforts to improve child survival. We report new estimates for 2008 of the major causes of …

Background Trend data for causes of child death are crucial to inform priorities for improving
child survival by and beyond 2015. We report child mortality by cause estimates in 2000–13 …

Almost 6· 5 million children and adolescents younger than 20 years died globally in 2021,
the vast majority from preventable causes. 1 Reliable and timely data on causes of death are …

Background With global survival increasing for children younger than 5 years of age,
attention is required to reduce the approximately 1 million deaths of children aged 5–14 …

Background Global attention has focused on mortality in children younger than 5 years. We
analysed global mortality data for people aged 1–24 years across a 50-year period …

Background Historically, the main focus of studies of childhood mortality has been the infant
and under-five mortality rates. Neonatal mortality (deaths< 28 days of age) has received …

Background Previous assessments have highlighted that less than a quarter of countries are
on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4), which calls for a two-thirds …

Background Documentation of the demographic and geographical details of changes in
cause-specific neonatal (younger than 1 month) and 1–59-month mortality in India can …

Background Remarkable financial and political efforts have been focused on the reduction
of child mortality during the past few decades. Timely measurements of levels and trends in …