Almost Half of Deaths in Kids Under 5 Occur in 5 Countries
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Diseases like pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and blood poisoning account for more than two-thirds of the 8.8 million annual deaths in kids under 5 years of age worldwide, according to a new report. Other leading causes of death for include birth complications, lack of oxygen during birth and congenital defects.
The report found that infectious diseases caused 5.97 million deaths among kids under age 5 in 2008. Mostly Pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria. About 40 percent of the deaths were in infants aged no more than 27 days.
Almost half of these deaths occurred in five countries: China, Nigeria, India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Pakistan. Africa and Southeast Asia were the highest.
Last Updated on May 12th, 2010
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