Mortality rate for children under 5 years of age in China from 1996 to 2006
Wang, Y.P.; Miao, L.; Dai, L.; Zhou, G.X.; He, C.H.; Li, X.H.; Li, Q.; Li, M.R.; Zhu, J.; Liang, J.
Public Health 125(5): 301-307
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1476-5616 PMID: 21524772 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.01.003Document Number: 222695
To study the change in mortality rate for children under 5 years of age in China over the past decade, and to evaluate China's progress in achieving Millennium Development Goal 4. Population-based descriptive study. A population-based survey was conducted through a nationwide multi-level surveillance network. The mortality rate and the leading causes of death for children under 5 years of age were analysed. The mortality rate for children under 5 years of age in China dropped by 54.2% between 1996 and 2006 (from 45.0 per 1000 livebirths to 20.6). During this period, deaths due to pneumonia and diarrhoea dropped by 69.4% and 69.7%, respectively. The proportion of deaths due to pneumonia dropped from 23.4% in 1996 to 15.6% in 2006, and the proportion of deaths due to diarrhoea dropped from 5.6% in 1996 to 3.7% in 2006. The mortality rate for children under 5 years of age in China dropped remarkably from 1996 to 2006. This reduction was mainly due to a significant decrease in deaths due to pneumonia and diarrhoea. Based on the survey results, China should be able to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4.
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