Causes of death in children under five, World, 1980 to 2021

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• Acute hepatitis death rate
• Amphetamine use disorder death rateIHME, age-standardized
• Amphetamine use disorder death rateWHO
• Amphetamine use disorder deaths by sex
• Annual death rate from all causes
• Annual deaths from road incidents
• Annual number of deaths: reported versus estimated
• Autopsy rate
• Cancer death rate by age groupWHO
• Causes of deathIHME
• Causes of death
• Causes of death in 15- to 49-year-olds
• Causes of death in 50- to 69-year-olds
• Causes of death in children aged 5 to 14
• Causes of death in the United States over the 20th century
• Causes of death in the over 70s
• Causes of death, by income group
• Child mortality by the type of congenital birth defect
• Child mortality rate by cause
• Chronic respiratory disease deaths by age
• Chronic respiratory diseases death rateIHME, age-standardized
• Chronic respiratory diseases death rateWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
• Cocaine use disorder death rateIHME, age-standardized
• Cocaine use disorder death rateWHO
• Cocaine use disorder death rate by age
• Cocaine use disorder deaths by sex
• Congenital birth defect mortality rates in children under-5
• Countries adopting the International Classification of Diseases guidelines
• Crude death rate
• Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each yearWHO
• Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each yearIHME
• Daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Sweden
• Death rate attributed to household air pollution
• Death rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution
• Death rate by age group in England and Wales
• Death rate by cause
• Death rate due to low physical activityIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate due to low physical activityIHME, crude
• Death rate due to road traffic injuries
• Death rate from Alzheimer'sIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from Alzheimer'sIHME, crude
• Death rate from Alzheimer'sWHO
• Death rate from Parkinson's diseaseIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from Parkinson's diseaseIHME, crude
• Death rate from Parkinson's diseaseWHO
• Death rate from ambient particulate air pollutionCrude
• Death rate from cancerWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized, reported
• Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesIHME, crude
• Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesWHO Global Health Estimates, crude, estimated
• Death rate from cardiovascular diseasesWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized, reported
• Death rate from cardiovascular diseases by age groupWHO Mortality Database, crude, reported
• Death rate from cardiovascular diseases in 15- to 49-year oldsIHME
• Death rate from chronic respiratory diseasesIHME
• Death rate from communicable vs. non-communicable diseases
• Death rate from conflict and terrorismIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from conflict and terrorismIHME, crude
• Death rate from diabetes
• Death rate from diabetesIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from diabetesIHME, crude
• Death rate from diabetesWHO
• Death rate from digestive diseasesIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from digestive diseasesIHME, crude
• Death rate from digestive diseasesWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
• Death rate from drowningIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from drowningIHME, crude
• Death rate from drowningWHO
• Death rate from fallsWHO
• Death rate from fallsIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from fallsIHME, crude
• Death rate from fires and burnsIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from fires and burnsIHME
• Death rate from fires and burnsWHO
• Death rate from high blood sugarIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from high blood sugarIHME, crude
• Death rate from hypertensionIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from hypertensionIHME, crude
• Death rate from indoor air pollutionCrude
• Death rate from indoor air pollution in 1990 vs. 2021
• Death rate from infectious diseasesIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from infectious diseasesIHME, crude
• Death rate from liver diseaseIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from liver diseaseIHME, crude
• Death rate from malnutritionIHME, crude
• Death rate from malnutritionWHO
• Death rate from meningitisIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from meningitisIHME, crude
• Death rate from meningitisWHO
• Death rate from obesityIHME, crude
• Death rate from pneumoniaIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from pneumoniaIHME, crude
• Death rate from pneumoniaWHO
• Death rate from poisoningIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from poisoningIHME, crude
• Death rate from poisoningWHO
• Death rate from pregnancy or maternal conditionsWHO
• Death rate from pregnancy or maternal conditionsIHME
• Death rate from respiratory infectionsIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from respiratory infectionsIHME, crude
• Death rate from road incidents for 15-to-49-year olds
• Death rate from road injuriesIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from road injuriesIHME, crude
• Death rate from road injuriesWHO
• Death rate from secondhand smokeIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from secondhand smokeIHME, crude
• Death rate from smokingIHME, crude
• Death rate from smoking by age
• Death rate from strokeIHME, crude
• Death rate from strokeWHO, age-standardized
• Death rate from unintentional poisoning
• Death rate from unsafe sexIHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from unsafe sexIHME, crude
• Death rate from upper respiratory infections, by age
• Death rate from venomous animal contact
• Death rate from venomous snakes
• Death rates from different causesWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
• Death rates from different causes in France over the 20th century
• Death rates from different causes in the United States over the 20th century
• Death rates from natural disasters
• Deaths attributed to drug useIHME
• Deaths attributed to drug use by age
• Deaths by ageIHME
• Deaths by age group in England and Wales
• Deaths by risk factor
• Deaths by risk factor for ages 15-49
• Deaths by risk factor for ages 5-14
• Deaths by risk factor for ages 50-69
• Deaths by risk factor for over 70s
• Deaths by risk factor for under-5s
• Deaths due to high blood sugar
• Deaths due to low physical activity
• Deaths due to measles
• Deaths due to obesity
• Deaths due to unsafe sex
• Deaths from Alzheimer'sIHME
• Deaths from Alzheimer'sWHO
• Deaths from Parkinson's diseaseIHME
• Deaths from Parkinson's diseaseWHO
• Deaths from acute hepatitis, by age
• Deaths from acute hepatitis, by type
• Deaths from air pollution, by age
• Deaths from cancerWHO
• Deaths from chronic respiratory diseases
• Deaths from conflict and terrorismIHME, GBD
• Deaths from cysticercosis
• Deaths from dementia-related diseases, by age
• Deaths from diabetesIHME
• Deaths from diabetesWHO
• Deaths from diabetes, by age
• Deaths from diabetes, by type
• Deaths from digestive diseases
• Deaths from drowningIHME
• Deaths from drowningWHO
• Deaths from drowning, by age
• Deaths from encephalitis, by age
• Deaths from fallsWHO
• Deaths from fallsIHME
• Deaths from fire, by age
• Deaths from fires and burnsIHME
• Deaths from fires and burnsWHO
• Deaths from infectious diseases
• Deaths from liver disease
• Deaths from malnutritionIHME
• Deaths from malnutritionWHO
• Deaths from measles, by age
• Deaths from meningitisIHME
• Deaths from meningitisWHO
• Deaths from meningitis, by age
• Deaths from natural disasters
• Deaths from obesity, by age
• Deaths from pneumoniaIHME
• Deaths from pneumoniaWHO
• Deaths from poisoningIHME
• Deaths from poisoningWHO
• Deaths from rabies, by age
• Deaths from respiratory infections
• Deaths from road incidents, by age
• Deaths from road injuriesIHME
• Deaths from road injuriesWHO
• Deaths from syphilis, by age
• Deaths from tobacco smoking, by age
• Deaths from venomous animal contact
• Deaths from venomous snakes
• Deaths from yellow fever, by age
• Deaths in road incidents
• Dengue fever deaths
• Drowning death rate in children under the age of 5
• Drug overdose death rate by drug typeUnited States (CDC WONDER)
• Drug use disorder deathsIHME, by type of drug
• Drug use disorder deathsWHO
• Drug use disorder deaths by ageWHO
• Drug use disorder deaths by sex
• Estimated cumulative excess deaths during COVID, from the WHO
• Estimated cumulative excess deaths, from The Economist and the WHO
• Expected chances of death from non-communicable diseases, by gender
• Expected share of deaths from non-communicable diseases
• Fatal occupational injury rates
• Global aviation fatalities by flight phase
• Hepatitis B: total number of deaths
• Hepatitis B: total number of deaths by age group
• Hepatitis C: total number of deaths
• Hepatitis C: total number of deaths by age group
• ICD version used to classify causes of death
• Incidence of meningitis
• Incidence of tuberculosisIHME
• Incidence of venomous animal contact
• Infectious and parasitic diseases death rateWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
• Leading broad cause of death
• Leading causes of death
• Major causes of child deaths
• Neonatal asphyxia and trauma mortality rates
• Neonatal deaths by cause
• Number of child deaths by the type of congenital birth defect
• Number of children that die from road injuries
• Number of deathsUnited Nations
• Number of deathsWHO
• Number of deathsIHME
• Number of deaths by age groupOver time
• Number of deaths from HIV/AIDSWHO GHE
• Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases by ageIHME
• Number of deaths from cervical cancer
• Number of deaths from hypertensionIHME
• Number of deaths from strokeIHME
• Number of deaths from strokeWHO
• Number of infant deathsUN via WHO
• Number of new cases and deaths from cervical cancer
• Number of reported road incidents
• Opioid use disorder death rateIHME, age-standardized
• Opioid use disorder death rateWHO
• Opioid use disorder death rate by age
• Opioid use disorder deaths by sex
• Population whose cause of death is registered
• Prevalence rate of diabetes in adultsWHO Global Health Observatory, age-standardized, estimated
• Prevalence rate of hypertension in adults aged 30-79
• Prevalence rate of obesity in adultsAge-standardized
• Probability of dying, by age
• Protein-energy malnutrition mortality rates in children
• Rate of deaths attributed to drug useIHME, age-standardized
• Rate of deaths attributed to drug useIHME
• Reported deaths from rabies
• Reported suicide ratesWHO Mortality Database
• Respiratory infection death rateWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
• Respiratory infections death rate by age group
• Road accident deaths per billion passenger kilometers
• Road incident death rate vs. GDP per capita
• Road mortality rate, IHME vs. WHO data
• Sales of cigarettes per adult per day
• Share of all deaths attributed to sub-optimal temperatures
• Share of deaths by age groupIHME
• Share of deaths by cause
• Share of deaths by risk factorIHME
• Share of deaths for which the cause is registered
• Share of deaths from all causes attributed to cold or heat
• Share of deaths from major causesWHO Mortality Database
• Share of deaths from opioid use disorders
• Share of deaths from secondhand smoke
• Share of deaths from underlying causes
• Share of deaths registered with an ill-defined cause of death
• Share of deaths that are registered
• Substance use disorder deathsIHME, drugs dissagregated
• Substance use disorder deathsWHO
• Sweden: Daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths, by date of death
• Tuberculosis death rate
• Tuberculosis deathsWHO 2023
• Tuberculosis deathsWHO GHE
• UK: Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths per 100,000
• UK: Daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths
• Unintentional injuries death rate by age group