Table 2.
Slope of registered under-five mortality rate from 1996 to 2000 by departments.
| Region | Other (%) | Injuries (%) | Neonatal (%) | Pneumonia (%) | Diarrhoea (%) | All causes (%) | Under five population | |
| PERU | -23.04 | 21.67 | -37.20 | -41.85 | -84.54 | -32.72 | 3,106,958 | |
| Amazonas | 3 | -30.49 | -71.09 | -30.14 | -10.63 | -51.63 | -34.23 | 62,612 |
| Ancash | 2 | -31.73 | 29.62 | -26.96 | -45.05 | -53.29 | -31.09 | 133,922 |
| Apurimac | 2 | -25.31 | -12.49 | -44.26 | -9.98 | -106.97 | -34.43 | 68,402 |
| Arequipa | 2 | -5.24 | 30.57 | -36.42 | -23.14 | -108.54 | -20.67 | 109,216 |
| Ayacucho | 2 | -48.50 | -24.74 | 1.63 | -86.57 | -138.24 | -41.42 | 76,611 |
| Cajamarca | 2 | 6.56 | 28.85 | -22.97 | -70.01 | -108.42 | -28.47 | 208,414 |
| Callao | 1 | -36.71 | -9.57 | -36.89 | -17.29 | -51.86 | -32.53 | 71,872 |
| Cusco | 2 | -46.60 | 46.52 | -42.66 | -58.12 | -116.90 | -41.69 | 161,287 |
| Huancavelica | 2 | -8.05 | 23.73 | -33.84 | -74.61 | -99.71 | -41.58 | 66,897 |
| Huanuco | 2 | -36.44 | 46.72 | -18.61 | -50.39 | -52.69 | -29.63 | 113,225 |
| Ica | 1 | -3.24 | -49.64 | -36.06 | -40.00 | -77.81 | -31.39 | 73,054 |
| Junín | 2 | 7.38 | 3.06 | -23.84 | -62.82 | -76.53 | -29.92 | 156,244 |
| La Libertad | 1 | 8.29 | -3.87 | -59.49 | -25.24 | -83.39 | -26.31 | 175,951 |
| Lambayeque | 1 | -46.48 | -15.21 | -10.75 | -34.68 | -107.79 | -39.37 | 130,479 |
| Lima | 1 | -15.34 | -25.53 | -47.03 | -7.94 | -91.24 | -28.81 | 719,506 |
| Loreto | 3 | -29.02 | -11.07 | -28.49 | 49.12 | -83.81 | -28.76 | 138,306 |
| Madre de Dios | 3 | -40.61 | -9.41 | -30.06 | -57.30 | -8.14 | -32.22 | 12,856 |
| Moquegua | 1 | 37.57 | -68.68 | -13.39 | -50.34 | -122.22 | -26.13 | 14,349 |
| Pasco | 2 | -20.66 | 28.69 | -28.97 | -22.59 | -167.41 | -30.01 | 35,443 |
| Piura | 1 | -21.20 | -28.39 | -33.92 | -44.85 | -61.89 | -34.46 | 207,653 |
| Puno | 2 | -25.20 | 46.41 | -31.35 | -43.82 | -71.40 | -29.56 | 157,923 |
| San Martín | 3 | -17.59 | -67.53 | -41.33 | -49.56 | -73.98 | -40.91 | 100,633 |
| Tacna | 1 | -56.11 | 21.24 | -16.43 | -78.92 | -129.46 | -48.48 | 27,742 |
| Tumbes | 1 | -7.08 | -42.54 | -25.05 | -113.16 | 1.20 | -28.99 | 22,285 |
| Ucayali | 3 | -18.25 | 28.30 | -37.04 | -9.68 | -39.45 | -20.69 | 62,076 |
1, Coast; 2, Andean; 3, Jungle