Child dies in India

CHILD MORTALITY ESTIMATES REPORT 2012 RELEASED: INDIA AT TOP
In the Child Mortality Estimates Report 2012 published on 12 September 2012, by United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), India was placed at the top position in the chart of 10
countries that topped on the chart. The other countries with their names on the chart are
Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, China, Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Bangladesh
and Afghanistan.
As per the report, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, China, Pakistan along with India
are the countries with more than fifty percent of the total deaths. The countries with world’s
lowest mortality rate are Singapore, the Nordic Countries, Japan and some of the European
Countries. But the good news of the report is the decrease in the number of the under five
mortality to 6.9 million from that if the 12 million in 1990. This fall measures to 51 per thousand
in 2011 from that of 87 per thousand in 1990.
THE IDENTIFIED CAUSE FOR THE MORTALITY IS
 14 percent due to pre-term birth complications
 18 percent due to Pneumonia
 11 percent due to Diarrhea
 9 percent due to Intrapartum related complications
 7 percent of the total deaths happen