Figure 5. Mortality rates for the two leading causes of death at age 1–59 months in India, by region, 2005.
*Boys from the South region have the lowest mortality rate for pneumonia by gender and region (at age 1–59 months), and girls from the Central region have the highest.
† Boys from the West region have the lowest mortality rate for diarrhoeal diseases by gender and region (at age 1–59 months), and girls from the Central region have the highest.