Table 4.

Estimated Ratios of 0–15 Mortality to 0–1 Mortality

Birth Cohort	Latin America and the Caribbean	Middle East and North Africa	Europe and the United States	South Asia	Sub-Saharan Africa
1950–1954	1.21	1.46	1.08	1.46	1.16
1955–1959	1.19	1.47	1.08	1.46	1.22
1960–1964	1.18	1.50	1.08	1.46	1.30
1965–1969	1.17	1.52	1.08	1.46	1.38
1970–1974	1.17	1.55	1.08	1.46	1.46
1975–1979	1.16	1.58	1.08	1.47	1.54
1980–1984	1.15	1.60	1.09	1.47	1.61

Source: Authors’ calculations from regressions with period and regional effects of incomplete U.N. data, accessed online (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dybhist.htm) and from United Nations (1986).