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Child mortality, also known as under-5 mortality or child death, refers to the death of infants and children under the age of five or between the age of one month to four years depending on the definition. A child's death is emotionally and physically hard on the parents. Many deaths in the majority of the world go unreported since many poor families cannot afford to register their babies in the government registry. The same causes and preventative measures that apply to infant mortality (i.e. for children younger than one year old) also apply to understanding child mortality. Reduction of child mortality is the fourth of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. Rapid progress towards the Millennium Development Goals has resulted in a significant decline in preventable child deaths since 1990, with the global under-5 mortality rate declining by nearly half over this time period. While in 1990, 12.7 million children under age five died, in 2013 that number fell to 6.3 million children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UNICEF STATISTICS )〕 However, despite advances, at the current pace the world will not meet the MDG target until 2026. Globally in 2013 3.7 million children aged one month to 4 years of age died, down 7.6 million in 1990. About half of child deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. Reduction of child mortality is the fourth of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. == Causes == The leading causes of death of children under five include: *Diarrhea *Malaria *Malnutrition * Pneumonia * Preterm birth conditions Pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria together are the cause of 3 out of every 10 child deaths before the age of 5 and nearly half of under-five deaths globally are attributable to undernutrition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UNICEF STATISTICS )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Child mortality」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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