TABLE 2—

Potential for Decreasing Mortality Among Children Aged Younger Than 5 Years in the 42 Countries That Account for 90% of Such Deaths Worldwide

		Cause-Specific Deaths That Could Be Averted, %		Potential Deaths Averted as Proportion of All Deaths, %
Cause of Mortality	Percentage of All Deathsa	Improving Utilization With Efficacy of Technology Constanta	Improving Efficacy of Technology With Utilization Constantb	With Technology Constantc	With Utilization Constantd
Diarrhea	22	88	40	19.5	8.9
Pneumonia	21	65	29	13.7	6.2
Malaria	9	91	23	8.6	2.1
HIV/AIDS	3	48	3	1.6	0.1
Measles	1	100	10	1.1	0.1
Birth asphyxia	10	39	2	3.7	0.2
Sepsis	8	94	18	7.8	1.4
Preterm	8	59	19	4.7	1.5
Tetanus	2	81	46	1.9	1.1
Other neonatal	5	0	0	0.0	0.0
Other postneonatal	10	0	0	0.0	0.0
Total	100			62.5	21.5

^aCalculations based on data are from Jones et al.1

^bMethod of calculation is explained in “Methods” section (equation 2).

^cPercentages from second column multiplied by percentages from third column. ^dPercentages from second column multiplied by percentages from fourth column.