Child health

Infant mortality rates in Asia and the Pacific fell by 52% during the period 1990-2012, from 6.4% in 1990 to 3.1% in 2012. Thus, by 2012, of every 1,000 children born alive, 33 more children were surviving to their first birthday than had been the case in 1990. Over the same period, low-income countries experienced a 56% overall decline in the infant mortality rate, from 9.2% to 4%, ensuring that for every 1,000 children born in 2012, 52 more survived the first year after their birth than had been the case in 1990.

Related Subject(s): Population and Demography