Table 1

Number of countries, percentage of children under 5 years and percentage of injury in all-cause mortality according to region and country economic category, 2010

RegionsNumber of countriesUnder 5 population (%)Percentage of injury in all-cause mortality (under 5 years)
0–41–4
Sub-Saharan Africa46140.4 million5.510.6
 HICs10.111.320.9
 UMICs44.23.87.6
 LMICs1233.26.913.2
 LICs2962.64.88.9
South Asia6174.5 million4.213.4
 LMICs3863.912.0
 LICs3146.222.4
Latin America and the Caribbean2949.1 million13.331.0
 HICs30.36.423.3
 UMICs1680.88.325.8
 LMICs916.46.916.8
 LIC12.546.560.8
Eastern Europe/Central Asia2925.5 million8.930.0
 HICs814.66.429.5
 UMICs1253.510.336.9
 LMICs7268.526.8
 LICs25.86.321.0
Asia East, South East and Pacific26144.4 million9.125.4
 HICs22.315.139.0
 UMICs42.18.620.3
 LMICs15909.727.1
 LICs55.55.314.0
North Africa/Middle East1946.7 million5.821.7
 HICs68.38.034.1
 UMICs536.46.928.3
 LMICs855.35.118.2
OECD3257.4 million9.636.6
 HICs2991.59.737.5
 UMICs38.59.231.9
  • HICs, high-income countries; LICs, low-income countries; LMICs, lower- and middle-income countries; OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; UMICs, upper- and middle-income countries.