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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2014 May 2;384(9947):957–979. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60497-9

Table 2. Global number of deaths (thousands) for early neonatal, late neonatal, postneonatal, child, and under-5 age groups for 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2013.

1970 1980 1990 2000 2013
Early neonatal (0–6 days) 3886·0 (3707·1–4062·4) 3420·8 (3289·8–3553·1) 3256·8 (3148·0–3363·1) 2638·9 (2561·5–2716·4) 2001·4 (1918·4–2084·3)
Late neonatal (7–28 days) 1999·8 (1944·5–2068·3) 1587·4 (1558·6–1616·9) 1307·9 (1283·2–1333·3) 937·0 (918·8–955·4) 610·7 (578·6–646·1)
Postneonatal (29–364 days) 5636·5 (5294·9–6004·9) 4459·7 (4269·7–4655·4) 3853·7 (3695·1–4015·1) 2874·9 (2768·3–2980·8) 1847·8 (1731·1–1969·8)
Childhood (1–4 years) 6088·4 (5598·6–6604·3) 4554·9 (4254·0–4871·4) 3826·8 (3594·8–4066·9) 2876·8 (2721·4–3040·9) 1816·0 (1654·1–1985·1)
Under 5 (0–4 years) 17597·8 (17119·3–18099·4) 14012·4 (13782·5–14227·7) 12206·3 (12026·1–12384·0) 9327·6 (9206·8–9455·7) 6274·8 (5976·8–6593·4)