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. 2021 Apr 26;20:109. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01449-8

Table 2.

Share of neonatal, postneonatal, and childhood to total under-5 deaths, and their ranks among 64 countries, latest survey rounds

Country Year Income Neonatal to total under-5 deaths Postneonatal to total under-5 deaths Childhood to total under-5 deaths
Share (%) Rank Share (%) Rank Share (%) Rank
Dominican Republic 2013 UM 82.8 (73.0, 92.6) 1 5.2(−0.6, 10.9) 64 12.1 (3.6, 20.5) 41
Kyrgyzstan 2012 L 77.6 (65.7, 89.4) 2 14.3 (4.4, 24.2) 63 8.2 (0.4, 15.9) 57
Morocco 2003 LM 72.4 (63.6, 81.3) 3 21.4 (13.3, 29.6) 60 6.1 (1.4, 10.9) 63
Honduras 2011 LM 69.9 (61.0, 78.8) 4 19.4 (11.7, 27.1) 61 10.7 (4.7, 16.7) 47
Turkey 2008 UM 68.0 (49.3, 86.7) 5 16.0 (1.3, 30.7) 62 16.0 (1.3, 30.7) 38
Bangladesh 2014 LM 67.5 (60.1, 75.0) 6 23.4 (16.7, 30.1) 55 9.1 (4.5, 13.6) 53
India 2015 LM 66.4 (65.1, 67.7) 7 23.3 (22.1, 24.4) 56 10.3 (9.5, 11.1) 50
Azerbaijan 2006 LM 65.5 (53.2, 77.9) 8 25.9 (14.5, 37.2) 50 8.6 (1.3, 15.9) 55
Armenia 2005 LM 65.5 (47.9, 83.1) 9 27.6 (11.0, 44.1) 45 6.9(−2.5, 16.3) 60
Jordan 2017 UM 64.2 (54.5, 73.9) 10 29.5 (20.3, 38.7) 38 6.3 (1.4, 11.2) 62
Cambodia 2014 L 64.0 (55.2, 72.9) 11 25.4 (17.4, 33.5) 52 10.5 (4.9, 16.2) 49
Pakistan 2017 LM 63.7 (59.1, 68.3) 12 28.0 (23.7, 32.3) 43 8.3 (5.7, 11.0) 56
Senegal 2017 L 62.9 (56.3, 69.6) 13 25.9 (19.8, 31.9) 51 11.2 (6.9, 15.6) 46
Ghana 2014 LM 61.9 (52.6, 71.2) 14 21.9 (14.0, 29.9) 58 16.2 (9.1, 23.3) 37
Guyana 2009 LM 61.1 (45.0, 77.3) 15 36.1 (20.2, 52.0) 15 2.8(−2.7, 8.2) 64
Philippines 2017 LM 61.0 (52.2, 69.9) 16 27.1 (19.1, 35.2) 47 11.9 (6.0, 17.7) 42
Peru 2012 UM 59.4 (47.7, 71.1) 17 30.4 (19.5, 41.4) 32 10.1 (3.0, 17.3) 51
Yemen 2013 LM 59.3 (54.2, 64.3) 18 29.2 (24.6, 33.9) 39 11.5 (8.2, 14.7) 44
Colombia 2015 UM 59.0 (48.0, 70.0) 19 32.1 (21.6, 42.5) 27 9.0 (2.6, 15.4) 54
Nepal 2016 L 56.5 (46.3, 66.7) 20 37.0 (27.0, 46.9) 9 6.5 (1.4, 11.6) 61
Guatemala 2014 LM 56.2 (49.2, 63.3) 21 32.3 (25.7, 38.9) 26 11.5 (6.9, 16.0) 45
Indonesia 2017 LM 56.2 (49.8, 62.6) 22 27.5 (21.7, 33.2) 46 16.3 (11.6, 21.1) 36
Bolivia 2008 LM 55.4 (49.2, 61.5) 23 36.7 (30.7, 42.6) 11 8.0 (4.6, 11.3) 58
Egypt 2014 LM 55.2 (48.6, 61.7) 24 35.0 (28.7, 41.3) 17 9.9 (5.9, 13.8) 52
Malawi 2015 L 54.6 (50.0, 59.2) 25 26.5 (22.4, 30.6) 49 18.9 (15.2, 22.5) 30
Comoros 2012 L 54.5 (43.4, 65.7) 26 28.6 (18.4, 38.7) 41 16.9 (8.5, 25.3) 35
Myanmar 2015 LM 53.2 (43.1, 63.3) 27 36.2 (26.4, 45.9) 13 10.6 (4.4, 16.9) 48
Uganda 2016 L 52.7 (47.3, 58.2) 28 28.7 (23.8, 33.6) 40 18.6 (14.4, 22.8) 31
Timor-Leste 2016 LM 52.7 (44.1, 61.4) 29 23.3 (15.9, 30.6) 57 24.0 (16.6, 31.4) 15
Gambia 2013 L 51.6 (44.4, 58.9) 30 33.0 (26.1, 39.8) 23 15.4 (10.1, 20.6) 40
Gabon 2012 UM 51.3 (43.3, 59.3) 31 21.7 (15.1, 28.3) 59 27.0 (19.9, 34.1) 10
Ethiopia 2016 L 51.1 (46.3, 55.8) 32 30.4 (26.0, 34.8) 33 18.5 (14.8, 22.2) 32
Angola 2015 UM 50.6 (45.3, 55.9) 33 29.7 (24.8, 34.6) 37 19.7 (15.5, 23.9) 27
Zimbabwe 2015 L 50.5 (43.8, 57.1) 34 30.1 (24.0, 36.2) 35 19.4 (14.2, 24.7) 28
Papua New Guinea 2017 LM 49.1 (42.5, 55.7) 35 32.9 (26.7, 39.1) 24 18.0 (13.0, 23.1) 34
Lesotho 2014 LM 49.0 (39.4, 58.7) 36 31.7 (22.7, 40.7) 28 19.2 (11.6, 26.8) 29
Kenya 2014 LM 48.7 (44.2, 53.2) 37 35.5 (31.2, 39.9) 16 15.7 (12.4, 19.0) 39
Togo 2013 L 47.7 (40.3, 55.1) 38 27.6 (20.9, 34.2) 44 24.7 (18.3, 31.1) 14
Rwanda 2014 L 47.5 (40.1, 54.8) 39 31.3 (24.5, 38.1) 29 21.2 (15.2, 27.2) 24
Haiti 2016 L 47.1 (40.5, 53.7) 40 34.5 (28.3, 40.8) 18 18.4 (13.3, 23.5) 33
Afghanistan 2015 L 46.9 (43.5, 50.2) 41 45.4 (42.1, 48.8) 2 7.7 (5.9, 9.5) 59
Tanzania 2015 L 46.6 (40.6, 52.6) 42 31.2 (25.6, 36.8) 30 22.2 (17.2, 27.2) 20
Sao Tome and Principe 2008 LM 46.5 (31.4, 61.6) 43 30.2 (16.3, 44.1) 34 23.3 (10.5, 36.0) 18
Mali 2018 L 44.8 (40.1, 49.6) 44 24.4 (20.3, 28.5) 53 30.8 (26.4, 35.1) 5
Nicaragua 2001 L 44.8 (35.2, 54.3) 45 33.3 (24.3, 42.4) 20 21.9 (14.0, 29.9) 21
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 LM 44.5 (38.8, 50.2) 46 33.2 (27.8, 38.6) 21 22.3 (17.5, 27.0) 19
Tajikistan 2017 L 44.1 (34.9, 53.4) 47 44.1 (34.9, 53.4) 3 11.7 (5.7, 17.7) 43
Congo 2011 LM 44.1 (37.5, 50.7) 48 26.8 (21.0, 32.7) 48 29.1 (23.1, 35.1) 8
Zambia 2013 LM 43.4 (38.5, 48.2) 49 33.1 (28.5, 37.7) 22 23.6 (19.4, 27.7) 16
Benin 2017 L 43.0 (38.5, 47.5) 50 29.9 (25.7, 34.0) 36 27.1 (23.1, 31.1) 9
Madagascar 2008 L 42.6 (37.4, 47.8) 51 36.9 (31.9, 42.0) 10 20.5 (16.2, 24.7) 25
Nigeria 2018 LM 42.0 (39.6, 44.4) 52 24.0 (21.9, 26.1) 54 34.0 (31.7, 36.4) 2
Liberia 2013 L 38.3 (31.7, 44.9) 53 32.5 (26.2, 38.9) 25 29.2 (23.0, 35.4) 7
Burundi 2016 L 38.1 (33.7, 42.6) 54 37.0 (32.6, 41.5) 8 24.8 (20.9, 28.8) 13
Mozambique 2011 L 37.6 (33.0, 42.3) 55 41.0 (36.3, 45.7) 6 21.3 (17.4, 25.3) 23
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2013 L 37.6 (34.0, 41.2) 56 36.3 (32.7, 39.9) 12 26.1 (22.8, 29.4) 11
Namibia 2013 UM 35.9 (26.6, 45.2) 57 42.7 (33.1, 52.3) 4 21.4 (13.4, 29.3) 22
Cameroon 2011 LM 35.8 (31.6, 40.0) 58 31.0 (27.0, 35.1) 31 33.2 (29.1, 37.3) 3
Chad 2014 L 35.6 (32.6, 38.6) 59 33.7 (30.7, 36.7) 19 30.7 (27.8, 33.6) 6
Guinea 2018 L 35.3 (29.8, 40.8) 60 38.8 (33.1, 44.4) 7 26.0 (20.9, 31.0) 12
Sierra Leone 2013 L 35.2 (31.8, 38.5) 61 41.5 (38.0, 45.0) 5 23.3 (20.3, 26.3) 17
Burkina Faso 2010 L 31.0 (27.5, 34.4) 62 36.2 (32.6, 39.7) 14 32.9 (29.4, 36.3) 4
Niger 2012 L 28.6 (24.9, 32.2) 63 28.1 (24.4, 31.7) 42 43.4 (39.3, 47.4) 1
Eswatini 2006 LM 20.9 (14.1, 27.6) 64 59.0 (50.8, 67.2) 1 20.1 (13.5, 26.8) 26

1. Income classification: “L” represents “low-income country”; “LM” represents “lower-middle-income country”; “UM” represents “upper-middle-income country”