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Table 1 Distribution of global child deaths by cause and the percentage attributable to underweight (<−1 SD weight‐for‐age).

Cause	Distribution of child deaths by cause (%)	% attributable to being underweight
Neonatal disorders	33	Work in progress
Diarrhoea	22	61
Pneumonia	21	53
Malaria	9	57
AIDS	3	Work in progress
Measles	1	45

Source: Black et al.¹