Death causes global children 2015

This statistic displays the distribution of the leading global causes of death for children under five as of 2015. According to the statistic, 18 percent of child deaths were due to prematurity and around 15 percent were due to pneumonia as of 2015.

Distribution of the leading causes of death for children under five worldwide as of 2015

Characteristic	Percentage deaths
Prematurity	18%
Pneumonia	15%
Birth complications	12%
Diarrhea	9%
Congenital anomalies	9%
Injuries	6%
Malaria	5%
Other*	26%

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2017

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2015

Age group

Under 5 years

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* Includes newborn sepsis, meningitis/encephalitis, HIV/AIDS, measles, pertussis, tetanus and others

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