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To systematically estimate global, regional, and national causes of mortality among children younger than 5 years between 2000 and 2015 to evaluate progress and guide future health agendas.

November 11, 2016The LancetOpen Access

Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000–15: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals

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LLLi LiuKunming University of Science and Technology SOShefali OzaHarvard University Press DHDan HoganGavi

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Systematic analysis reveals changing causes of child death globally between 2000 and 2015, highlighting targeted interventions needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.

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To systematically estimate global, regional, and national causes of mortality among children younger than 5 years between 2000 and 2015 to evaluate progress and guide future health agendas.
Updated systematic analysis combining vital registration data, verbal autopsy studies, and statistical disease-modeling techniques across United Nations member states.
Time-trend analysis assessing mortality distribution and cause-specific trends across neonates and children aged 1–59 months from 2000 to 2015.
Funding provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Health Organization.
Substantial global reductions in overall under-5 mortality occurred between 2000 and 2015, largely driven by decreases in common infectious diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria.
Neonatal causes, including preterm birth complications and intrapartum-related events, account for an increasing share of remaining deaths as infectious causes decline.
Substantial disparities persist across regions, indicating that accelerated reduction in preventable newborn and child deaths is required to meet the Sustainable Development Goal targets.

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Liu et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8abe47392c8ce61bef070 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31593-8

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Systematic analysis reveals changing causes of child death globally between 2000 and 2015, highlighting targeted interventions needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.

Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000–15: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals

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Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000–15: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals

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