107 Worldwide, the under-five mortality rate was 107 in the poorest 60 percent households from 1998-2006, as compared to 67 in the richest 40 percent.
Millennium
Development Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Target: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate.
The decline to 9.2 million in the number of children dying before the fifth birthday follows a global decline in the under-five mortality rate since 1990. The global rate to be reached by 2015 is 31 per 1,000 live births, and close to 60 per cent of countries have already reduced child mortality to this level.
However, there remain many countries with high levels of child mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. An analysis of background characteristics in 63 developing countries finds that child mortality is considerably higher among children living in rural areas and in the poorest households.
