Childhood deaths at record low, but progress 'precarious': UN
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The number of children worldwide who died before age five reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than five million died.
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The number of children worldwide who died before age five reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than five million died.
The U.N. says the number of children who died before the age of 5 is at an all-time low worldwide, and about half what it was in 2000. Some countries, including Ethiopia, have done even better.
The number of children worldwide who died before age five reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than five million died.
According to the estimate, 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2022, a 51 percent decrease since 2000 and a 62 percent drop since 1990.
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