The 2012 edition of the World Health Statistics is now available:
For the first time, the World Health Statistics compares the state of child health from the years 2000 and 2010, showing how global public health advancements have helped save children’s lives in the past 10 years. In the year 2000, more than 477 000 children died from measles. In just
10 years, this vaccination has cut measles deaths by 74% to less than 114 000 child deaths worldwide. This achievement is entirely due to a strong campaign to increase global vaccination coverage. In 2010, 85% of children aged 12–23 months worldwide were immunized against measles.
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Maternal mortality
800women died each day in 2010 due to complications of pregnancy
and child birth
Child mortality
4.4 millionchildren under the age of 5 died from infectious diseases in 2010, nearly all of which were preventable
Causes of child mortalityThe Global Health Observatory theme pages provide data and analyses on global health priorities. Each theme page provides information on global situation and trends highlights, using core indicators, database views, major publications and links to relevant web pages on the theme.