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Indicator name:
Child deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years, number
Short name:
Children 5-9 deaths
Data type:
Count
Indicator Id:
5671
Topic:
Mortality and burden of disease
Rationale:
Mortality in 5 to 9 year olds is lower than than of younger children across all regions and most countries. There is a need to monitor this often neglected age group in order to detect changes over time across all regions and countries
Definition:
Number of deaths from age 5 years until the end of the 9th year in a given year or other time period.
Disaggregation:
Age, Sex
Method of measurement
Data from civil registration: The count of the number of neonatal deaths. This system provides annual data. Data from household surveys: Calculations are based on full birth history, whereby women are asked for the date of birth of each of their children, whether the child is still alive, and if not the age at death.
M&E Framework:
Impact
Method of estimation:
UN-IGME child mortality estimates with complete information to be found at www.childmortality.org
Method of estimation of global and regional aggregates:
Sum by region
Other possible data sources:
Household surveys
Preferred data sources:
Civil registration with complete coverage
Unit of Measure:
Deaths per 1000 live births
Expected frequency of data dissemination:
Annual
Expected frequency of data collection:
Annual
Links:
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10) (WHO, 2004)
World Population Prospects. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
Estimation methods for child mortality
Levels and trends in Child mortality, report 2020
UN IGME: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation
Indicator Metadata Registry List
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