TABLE 16.4.

Global Progress in Reducing Child Mortality Rate: Average Annual Rate of Reduction in Under-Five Mortality Rate (Deaths per 1000 Live Births) for 1990–2011, and Percentage Decline During 1990–2011

Region	Under-5 Mortality Rate		MDG Target			Progress Towards MDG Target 2011
	1990	2011		Decline, 1990–2011 (%)	Average annual rate of reduction, 1990–2011 (%)
Developed regions	15	7	5	55	3.8	On track
Developing regions	97	57	32	41	2.5	Insufficient progress
North Africa	77	25	26	68	5.5	On track
Sub-Saharan Africa	178	109	59	39	2.3	Insufficient progress
Latin America and Caribbean	53	19	18	64	4.8	On track
Caucasus and Central Asia	76	42	25	44	2.8	Insufficient progress
East Asia	48	15	16	70	5.7	On track
Excluding China	28	17	9	38	2.3	On track
South Asia	116	61	39	47	3.1	Insufficient progress
Excluding India	119	60	40	50	3.3	Insufficient progress
South-East Asia	69	29	23	58	4.1	On track
West Asia	63	30	21	52	3.5	On track
Oceania	74	50	25	33	1.9	Insufficient progress
World	87	51	29	41	2.5	Insufficient progress

Note: The table shows progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4), with countries classified according to the following thresholds. On track = under-five mortality was < 40 deaths per 1000 live births in 2011 or that the annual rate of reduction was at ≥ 4% over 1990–2011; insufficient progress = under-five mortality was ≥ 40 deaths per 1000 live births in 2011 and that the annual rate of reduction was ≥ 1% but < 4% over 1990–2011.

All calculations are based on unrounded numbers. These standards may differ from those in other publications by Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation members.

Source: United Nations Children’s Fund. Levels and trends in child mortality report 2012. Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. New York: UNICEF; 2012. Available at: http://apromiserenewed.org/files/UNICEF_2012_child_mortality_for_web_0904.pdf [Accessed 30 May 2013].