Child deaths attributed to malnutrition by risk factor, World, 1990 to 2021

Related research and data

• Half of all child deaths are linked to malnutrition

Charts

• Causes of death in children under five
• Child and maternal malnutrition death rate
• Child and maternal malnutrition death rates vs. GDP per capita
• Child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus
• Child deaths from malaria
• Child deaths in the first five years of life by age groupLine chart
• Child deaths in the first year of life
• Child mortality by causeIHME
• Child mortality by income level of country
• Child mortality by sexUN IGME
• Child mortality by the type of congenital birth defect
• Child mortality from respiratory infections vs. access to clean fuels for cooking
• Child mortality from respiratory infections vs. share taken to a healthcare provider
• Child mortality rateIHME, GBD
• Child mortality rateUN IGME
• Child mortality rateUN WPP
• Child mortality rateLong-run data; Gapminder & UN IGME
• Child mortality rateUN IGME with SDG target
• Child mortality rateGapminder & UN IGME
• Child mortality rate by cause
• Child mortality rate by household wealth
• Child mortality rate by sexUN IGME
• Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
• Child mortality rate vs. electoral democracy
• Child mortality rate vs. mean male height
• Child mortality rate vs. share of population practicing open defecation
• Child mortality rate, including UN projections
• Child mortality vs. CO₂ emissions per capita
• Child mortality vs. GDP per capita
• Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women
• Child mortality vs. health expenditure
• Child mortality vs. per capita health expenditure
• Child mortality vs. prevalence of child wasting
• Child mortality vs. prevalence of stunting
• Child mortality vs. prevalence of teenage pregnancy
• Child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty
• Child mortality vs. share of children immunized against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus
• Child mortality vs. share of children who are anemic
• Child mortality vs. share with respiratory infections taken to a healthcare provider
• Child mortality: IHME vs. UN IGME estimates
• Childhood deaths from the most lethal infectious diseases
• Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
• Children with diarrheal disease vs. oral rehydration salts
• Congenital birth defect mortality rates in children under-5
• Death rate from neonatal preterm birth complications
• Death rate from pneumonia and other lower respiratory infections in children
• Deaths by risk factor for ages 5-14
• Diarrheal diseases death rate in children under fiveBy world region
• Diarrheal diseases death rate in children vs. access to basic handwashing facilities
• Drowning death rate in children under the age of 5
• Fertility rate vs. child mortality
• Global child deaths by cause
• Global child mortalityGapminder & UN IGME
• Global infant mortality by cause for boys vs. girls
• Global infant mortality rate with and without vaccines
• Infant mortality by sex
• Infant mortality rateUN IGME
• Infant mortality rateIHME
• Infant mortality rateUN WPP
• Infant mortality rate by sexWorld Bank; UN IGME
• Infant mortality rates in England and Wales
• Infant mortality vs. prevalence of prenatal care
• Life satisfaction vs. child mortality
• Major causes of child deaths
• Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight
• Maternal mortality ratio vs. neonatal mortality
• Meningitis death rate in children
• Mothers who have lost a child under five, across birth cohorts
• Neonatal asphyxia and trauma mortality rates
• Neonatal deaths by cause
• Neonatal mortality rateUN IGME
• Neonatal mortality rateIHME
• Neonatal mortality rate
• Neonatal mortality vs. births attended by skilled health staff
• Number of child deathsIHME
• Number of child deathsUN IGME
• Number of child deaths by ageUN IGME
• Number of child deaths by regionUN IGME
• Number of child deaths by source
• Number of child deaths by the type of congenital birth defect
• Number of child deaths by world regionUN WPP
• Number of child deaths per woman
• Number of children that die from road injuries
• Number of deaths by ageUN
• Number of deaths from pneumonia in children under five
• Number of infant deathsUN IGME
• Number of infant deathsIHME
• Number of infant deathsUN WPP
• Number of infant deathsUN via WHO
• Number of neonatal deathsIHME
• Number of neonatal deathsUN IGME
• Number of neonatal deaths by region
• Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
• Number of new tetanus cases in children under-5
• Number of youth deaths
• Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
• Protein-energy malnutrition mortality rates in children
• Rate of child deaths attributed to child and maternal malnutrition
• Rotavirus deaths in children under five
• Rotavirus deaths that were preventable in children under five
• Share of babies born with a low birthweight
• Share of children with a respiratory infection taken to a healthcare provider
• Share of children with an active hepatitis B infection
• Share of children with symptoms of pneumonia who are taken to a health provider
• Share of mothers visited by a health professional during pregnancy
• Share of mothers who have lost a child under five
• Share of mothers who have lost an infant
• Stillbirth rate
• Tetanus mortality in children under-5
• UN projection of infant deaths
• Under-five mortality vs. prevalence of anemia in pregnant women
• Youth mortality rate