Table 1.

Percent lowering of worldwide neonatal mortality rate X 1,000 live births: 1990 vs 2019 (mean values)

WORLD AREA	1990	2019	Δ %
Sub Saharian Africa	42.3	27.5	- 35.0
West and Central Africa	48.0	30.8	- 35.9
Eastern and Southern Africa	42.7	23.8	- 44.3
Middle East and North Africa	27.8	12.3	- 55.8
South Asia	58.7	25.1	- 57.2
East Asia and Pacific	27.5	7.2	- 73.8
Latin American and Caribbean	22.5	9.1	- 59.6
North America	5.6	3.7	- 34.0
Europe and Central Asia	14.0	4.4	- 68.6
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	20.5	6.0	- 70.7
Western Europe	5.6	2.3	- 58.9
World	36.6	17.5	- 52.2

(from WHO ⁽³⁾, modified)