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Causes of child mortality – IHME Global Burden of Disease study (2017)

  • Causes of child mortality – IHME Global Burden of Disease study (2017)

  • Entity Year Share of children dying in first 5 years globally, by cause (IHME (2017)) Deaths (IHME (2017))
    Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV 2015 1.35 90,502.1
    Leukemia 2015 0.22 14,562.4
    Acute glomerulonephritis 2015 0.0 256.74
    Interpersonal violence 2015 0.16 10,516.9
    Other neonatal disorders 2015 3.28 220,247.0
    Adverse effects of medical treatment 2015 0.21 14,256.2
    Iron-deficiency anemia 2015 0.22 15,070.1
    Measles 2015 1.93 62,588.4
    African trypanosomiasis 2015 0.0 261.16
    Varicella and herpes zoster 2015 0.03 1,743.43
    Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction 2015 0.11 7,623.31
    Animal contact 2015 0.15 9,855.89
    Neonatal preterm birth complications 2015 12.0 805,779.0
    Appendicitis 2015 0.05 3,182.66
    HIV/AIDS 2015 1.32 88,882.2
    Lower respiratory infections 2015 10.48 703,918.0
    Asthma 2015 0.14 9,483.23
    Gastritis and duodenitis 2015 0.01 814.13
    Other neurological disorders 2015 0.06 3,728.14
    Brain and nervous system cancer 2015 0.08 5,368.95
    Iodine deficiency 2015 0.01 541.12
    Rabies 2015 0.03 2,278.28
    Cardiomyopathy and myocarditis 2015 0.15 9,806.35
    Vascular intestinal disorders 2015 0.01 393.05
    Urinary diseases and male infertility 2015 0.1 6,469.21
    Cerebrovascular disease 2015 0.22 14,942.0
    Whooping cough 2015 1.81 54,493.7
    Chagas disease 2015 0.0 3.5
    Foreign body 2015 1.59 39,573.0
    Motor neuron disease 2015 0.01 887.85
    Chronic kidney disease 2015 0.17 11,663.2
    Hepatitis 2015 0.16 10,517.2
    Malaria 2015 7.06 474,146.0
    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2015 0.19 12,596.6
    Other digestive diseases 2015 0.04 3,020.16
    Other chronic respiratory diseases 2015 0.19 12,885.0
    Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases due to hepatitis B 2015 0.0 75.27
    Otitis media 2015 0.02 1,017.63
    Other neglected tropical diseases 2015 0.11 7,205.36
    Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases due to hepatitis C 2015 0.0 39.76
    Gallbladder and biliary diseases 2015 0.02 1,141.66
    Peptic ulcer disease 2015 0.03 1,886.68
    Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases due to other causes 2015 0.14 9,478.8
    Interstitial lung disease and pulmonary sarcoidosis 2015 0.0 302.76
    Rheumatic heart disease 2015 0.04 2,492.45
    Collective violence and legal intervention 2015 0.35 23,541.7
    Schistosomiasis 2015 0.0 37.08
    Tuberculosis 2015 0.33 22,301.9
    Congenital birth defects 2015 7.39 496,585.0
    Intestinal nematode infections 2015 0.03 1,857.79
    Upper respiratory infections 2015 0.01 731.2
    Cystic echinococcosis 2015 0.0 41.55
    Intestinal infectious diseases 2015 1.63 42,159.1
    Cysticercosis 2015 0.0 8.52
    Inguinal, femoral, and abdominal hernia 2015 0.01 725.87
    Yellow fever 2015 0.01 460.77
    Dengue 2015 0.07 4,922.8
    Ischemic heart disease 2015 0.04 2,367.97
    Diabetes mellitus 2015 0.03 1,701.57
    Other transport injuries 2015 0.06 4,212.07
    Leishmaniasis 2015 0.06 3,785.73
    Diarrheal diseases 2015 7.43 498,889.0
    Hemoglobinopathies and hemolytic anemias 2015 1.24 83,522.6
    Neonatal encephalopathy due to birth asphyxia and trauma 2015 11.03 740,424.0
    Diphtheria 2015 0.02 1,560.18
    Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2015 0.05 3,273.93
    Meningitis 2015 3.58 173,058.0
    Drowning 2015 1.84 56,088.3
    Fire, heat, and hot substances 2015 0.33 22,485.2
    Neonatal sepsis and other neonatal infections 2015 5.24 351,667.0
    Drug use disorders 2015 0.0 27.4
    Other infectious diseases 2015 0.46 31,163.5
    Other cardiovascular and circulatory diseases 2015 0.17 11,529.2
    Ebola 2015 0.01 416.5
    Hodgkin lymphoma 2015 0.0 234.25
    Other nutritional deficiencies 2015 0.04 2,797.89
    Encephalitis 2015 1.64 42,895.3
    Hypertensive heart disease 2015 0.01 410.24
    Other neoplasms 2015 0.19 12,567.2
    Endocarditis 2015 0.05 3,487.95
    Poisonings 2015 0.27 18,412.4
    Other unintentional injuries 2015 0.13 9,042.11
    Endocrine, metabolic, blood, and immune disorders 2015 0.19 12,427.5
    Hemolytic disease and other neonatal jaundice 2015 1.67 45,088.4
    Pancreatitis 2015 0.0 193.59
    Environmental heat and cold exposure 2015 0.04 2,515.36
    Kidney cancer 2015 0.04 2,675.6
    Protein-energy malnutrition 2015 3.6 174,415.0
    Epilepsy 2015 0.19 12,673.8
    Sudden infant death syndrome 2015 0.29 19,153.1
    Road injuries 2015 1.74 49,521.3
    Exposure to forces of nature 2015 0.01 857.27
    Inflammatory bowel disease 2015 0.03 1,734.51
    Skin and subcutaneous diseases 2015 0.09 6,149.19
    Exposure to mechanical forces 2015 0.43 28,751.9
    Falls 2015 0.35 23,344.2
    Tetanus 2015 0.38 25,497.0
    Appendicitis 2000 0.09 0
    Intestinal infectious diseases 2000 1.99 0
    Cysticercosis 2000 0.0 0
  • Estimates refer to both sexes and to the global level.

    All causes for which IHME published an estimate of 0 were removed from the dataset.

    Ebola as a cause of death was only included in 2015 by IHME. We have assumed 0 deaths for Ebola in 1990.

  • Sources

    Data Published By: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

    Data publisher source:Global Burden of Disease study

    Link: http://www.healthdata.org/data-visualization/gbd-compare

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