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Number of youth deaths

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Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2018; 2023) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
August 16, 2023
Date range
1990–2021
Unit
deaths

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2018; 2023)

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United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2018; 2023)

The 2018 vintages of UN IGME's child mortality estimates. This has greater temporal coverage of many of the variables, including 5-14 years mortality rate which is necessary for calculating the under-fifteen mortality rate.

Retrieved on
June 30, 2022
Retrieved from
https://childmortality.org/
Citation
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United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), Levels & Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2018, Estimates developed by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, United Nations Children’s Fund, New York, 2018.

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This indicator is processed by OWID based on the original data source. It is a combination of the under-five mortality rate and the 5-14 mortality rate.

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“Data Page: Number of youth deaths”, part of the following publication: Saloni Dattani, Fiona Spooner, Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser (2023) - “Child and Infant Mortality”. Data adapted from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-youth-deaths [online resource]
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United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2018; 2023) – processed by Our World in Data

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United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2018; 2023) – processed by Our World in Data. “Number of youth deaths” [dataset]. UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, “Child Mortality Estimates 2018” [original data]. Retrieved July 4, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-youth-deaths