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Leading causes of death in children younger than 1 year
The heat map depicts rank order of causes of death (by death rate per 100 000) in children younger than 1 year in 1990 and 2017. The rank of congenital heart disease increased from ninth to seventh globally and 17th to 11th in low SDI countries from 1990 to 2017. SDI=Socio-demographic Index.
