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Table 2 Share of neonatal, postneonatal, and childhood to total under-5 deaths, and their ranks among 64 countries, latest survey rounds

From: Distribution of under-5 deaths in the neonatal, postneonatal, and childhood periods: a multicountry analysis in 64 low- and middle-income countries

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