Table 1. WHO mortality estimates for subregions,^a in 2000.

Subregion and mortality stratab,c	Stillbirth rate	Neonatal mortality rate	Infant mortality rate	Early-childhood mortality rate	e(0)
Africa E (20)	30	42	116	55	44.4
Africa D (26)	39	45	118	48	51.4
Eastern Mediterranean D (9)	24	46	94	29	60.0
South-East Asia D (7)	36	41	63	34	61.1
Americas D (6)	12	20	42	19	66.0
Europe C (9)	20	12	19	5	66.2
South-East Asia B (3)	15	17	39	11	66.5
Europe B (17)	17	21	35	11	68.9
Eastern Mediterranean B (12)	13	16	31	6	70.1
Western Pacific B (21)	19	20	32	11	70.5
Americas B (26)	9	14	27	7	71.0
Americas A (3)	4	5	7	1	76.9
Europe A (23)	4	3	5	1	78.0
Western Pacific A (5)	5	2	4	1	80.8

e(0), life expectancy at birth in years.
^a The total number of countries in this analysis was 187.
^b The letters A–E are applied to distinguish mortality strata and create subregions. A: very low child and adult mortality; B: low child and adult mortality; C: low child and high adult mortality; D: high child and adult mortality; E: high child and very high adult mortality.
^c The values in parentheses are the number of countries.
Sources: Table A2.1,¹³ and Lopez et al.¹⁴