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. 2018 Mar 27;6:68. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00068

Table 1.

Data on population, mortality, and health expenditure by income region (8).

Region by Income % population 0–14 years (2016) Total population 0–14 years (2015) Gross national income (GNI) per capita (US $, 2016) Health expenditure per capita (US $, 2014) Under-5 mortality (per 1,000 live births), 2016
Low income 42.67 275 365 283 $612 $35 73.1
Lower-middle income 30.83 923 253 971 $2,079 $90 50.7
Upper-middle income 20.60 528 220 719 $8,210 $506 14.1
High income 16.7 197 950 251 $41,046 $5,266 5.4

As of July 1, 2016, low-income economies are defined as those with a GNI per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method, of $1,025 or less in 2015; lower-middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $1,026 and $4,035; upper-middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $4,036 and $12,475; high-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $12,476 or more.