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- Health systems strengthening
- Measles, 2nd dose (MCV2)
- Physiological risk factors
- Substance use disorders service coverage
- Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease)
- Substance Use Disorder Service Capacity Index and coverage of treatment services
- Foodborne burden of diseases estimates
- Global Patient Safety Observatory
- Hepatitis
- Global and regional STI estimates
- Taxes on alcoholic beverages
- Taxes on non-alcoholic beverages
- Oral health
- WHO Health and Climate Change Global Survey
- Electrification of health-care facilities
- Antimicrobial resistance and antibacterial consumption
- Assistive technology indicators
- Suicide rates
- Dementia policy and legislation
- Dementia governance
Demographics: This section presents information on the population size, age and sex structure and spatial distribution (region) for children under-5 years of age and children aged 5 to 9 years. The data come from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision (medium variant).
The world population will continue to grow but the child population remains stable with continuous growth only expected in sub-Saharan Africa in the next few decades. The population will shift towards Africa over the next decades and urbanization will continue with more people living in urban than rural Africa by 2034.
More information can be found at https://population.un.org/wpp/
Related indicators
- Health systems strengthening
- Measles, 2nd dose (MCV2)
- Physiological risk factors
- Substance use disorders service coverage
- Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease)
- Substance Use Disorder Service Capacity Index and coverage of treatment services
- Foodborne burden of diseases estimates
- Global Patient Safety Observatory
- Hepatitis
- Global and regional STI estimates
- Taxes on alcoholic beverages
- Taxes on non-alcoholic beverages
- Oral health
- WHO Health and Climate Change Global Survey
- Electrification of health-care facilities
- Antimicrobial resistance and antibacterial consumption
- Assistive technology indicators
- Suicide rates
- Dementia policy and legislation
- Dementia governance