Table 1.

Deaths by cause and sex of children under 5 years of age (2000-2015): global statistics.

Year			2000		2005		2010		2015
			Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Population (thousands)			307,365	288,056	314,316	293,895	327,383	305,647	340,696	318,471
All causes			3,125,021	3,023,960	2,573,082	2,443,545	2,067,721	1,943,638	1,726,318	1,582,772
	Communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions		2,613,990	2,573,705	2,107,444	2,037,486	1,606,145	1,538,904	1,293,035	1,209,656
		Infectious and parasitic diseases	1,675,701	1,633,897	1,296,962	1,257,826	906,321	878,365	705,280	673,531
		Respiratory infections	703,758	729,592	598,657	595,634	495,105	486,014	389,846	370,367
		Maternal conditions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Neonatal conditions	122,311	115,293	112,414	104,739	108,504	101,210	105,356	98,276
		Nutritional deficiencies	112,220	94,924	99,411	79,287	96,215	73,314	92,553	67,482
	Noncommunicable diseases		296,596	285,550	269,893	256,698	255,631	240,535	246,338	227,590
		Malignant neoplasm	20,978	16,204	19,968	15,572	20,604	15,684	21,155	16,042
		Other neoplasm	1557	1404	1410	1340	1749	1551	1779	1591
		Diabetes mellitus	1343	1399	1149	1184	1015	1041	874	885
		Endocrine, blood, and immune disorders	35,753	31,327	34,870	29,505	35,466	28,493	37,397	27,851
		Mental and substance use disorders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Neurological conditions	11,423	8292	10,747	8086	10,085	7995	9545	7916
		Sense organ diseases	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Cardiovascular diseases	31,539	25,723	27,031	21,784	23,824	19,130	20,714	16,764
		Respiratory diseases	31,611	28,215	25,740	21,118	22,662	17,819	20,490	15,333
		Digestive diseases	18,479	20,786	16,015	19,123	13,979	17,066	12,166	15,005
		Genitourinary diseases	12,058	10,541	10,995	9226	10,364	8486	9823	7743
		Skin diseases	2123	2994	2084	3128	2119	3473	2307	3897
		Musculoskeletal diseases	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Congenital anomalies	119,252	130,087	109,316	117,983	103,514	111,222	99,896	105,862
		Oral conditions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Sudden infant death syndrome	10,479	8579	10,569	8647	10,250	8576	10,192	8700
	Injuries		214,436	164,704	195,745	149,362	205,945	164,199	186,944	145,526
		Unintentional injuries	203,682	154,364	187,073	141,177	196,940	155,988	176,700	136,424
		Intentional injuries	10,754	10,340	8672	8185	9005	8212	10,244	9102