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…TABLE 10Under-5mortalityrankUnited Kingdom 157 21 10 7 6 3.7 3.6 1.7 2.7 40 14 2 2.3 2.3 1.8 1.9 1.2 -0.1United Republic of Tanzania 27 210 162 139 108 1.3 1.5 2.8 2.1 33 22 – 2 6.8 6.2 5.5 0.4 0.6United States 149 23 11 8 8 3.7 3.2 0.0 1.7 27 0 2.2 1.8 2.2 2.0 2.1 0.6 -0.2Uruguay 128 53 24 18 13 4.0 2.9 3.6 3.2 46 28 0.9 1.8 2.9 2.5 2.1 0.7 1.0Uzbekistan 70 – 74 62 36 – 1.8 6.0 3.8 51 42 – 1.9 6.5 4.2 2.2 2.2 3.3Vanuatu 116 103 40 25 16 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.8 60 36 1.1 x 6.7 6.3 4.9 3.9 1.2 1.3Venezuela (BolivarianRepublic of) 109 63 32 23 18 3.4 3.3 2.7 3.0 44 22 -1.6 0.2 5.4 3.4 2.5 2.2 1.7Viet Nam 93 – 55 29 24 – 6.4 2.1 4.4 56 17 – 6 7.0 3.7 2.0 3.2 3.1Yemen 48 308 125 100 66 4.5 2.2 4.6 3.4 47 34 – 1.5 8.6 8.1 5.1 0.3 2.4Zambia 17 178 179 166 141 0.0 0.8 1.8 1.3 21 15 -2.3 0.3 7.4 6.5 5.7 0.7 0.6Zimbabwe 35 121 81 116 90 2.0 -3.6 2.8 -0.6 -11 22 -0.4 -1.9 x 7.4 5.2 3.4 1.8 2.3SUMMARY INDICATORSUnder-5mortalityrateGDP per capitaaverage annualgrowth rate (%)Average annualrate of reduction (%) Θ ReductionTotalfertility rateAverage annualrate of reduction (%)1970 1990 2000 2009 1970–1990 1990–2000 2000–2009 1990–2009 (%) Θ (%) Θ 1970–1990 1990–2009 1970 1990 2009 1970–1990 1990–2009Reductionsince 1990 since 2000Africa # 223 165 147 118 1.5 1.2 2.4 1.8 28 20 0.9 2.0 6.7 5.9 4.5 0.6 1.4Sub-Saharan Africa # 226 180 160 129 1.1 1.2 2.4 1.8 28 19 0 1.8 6.7 6.3 5.0 0.3 1.2Eastern and Southern Africa 210 166 141 108 1.2 1.6 3.0 2.3 35 23 – 1.8 6.8 6.0 4.8 0.6 1.2West and Central Africa 258 199 181 150 1.3 0.9 2.1 1.5 25 17 -0.5 1.6 6.6 6.6 5.2 0.1 1.2Middle East and North Africa 192 77 56 41 4.6 3.2 3.5 3.3 47 27 -0.2 2.4 6.8 5.0 2.8 1.5 3.0Asia # 150 87 70 50 2.7 2.2 3.7 2.9 43 29 4.2 6.6 5.6 3.2 2.3 2.8 1.8South Asia 194 125 97 71 2.2 2.5 3.5 3.0 43 27 2.1 4.4 5.7 4.3 2.8 1.5 2.2East Asia and Pacific 121 53 40 26 4.1 2.8 4.8 3.7 51 35 5.4 7.2 5.6 2.6 1.9 3.8 1.6Latin America and Caribbean 121 52 33 23 4.2 4.5 4.0 4.3 56 30 1.4 1.6 5.3 3.2 2.2 2.5 2.0CEE/CIS 89 51 37 21 2.8 3.2 6.3 4.7 59 43 – 2.2 2.8 2.3 1.7 1.1 1.5Industrialized countries § 24 10 7 6 4.4 3.6 1.7 2.7 40 14 2.3 1.7 2.3 1.7 1.7 1.4 0.0Developing countries § 157 99 84 66 2.3 1.6 2.7 2.1 33 21 2.1 4.6 5.8 3.7 2.7 2.3 1.6Least developed countries § 239 178 146 121 1.5 2.0 2.1 2.0 32 17 -0.2 3.0 6.8 5.9 4.3 0.7 1.6World 138 89 77 60 2.2 1.4 2.8 2.1 33 22 2.3 2.5 4.7 3.2 2.5 2.0 1.2# For a complete list of countries and territories in the regions and subregions, see page 124.§ Includes territories within each country category or regional group. Countries and territories in each country category or regional group are listed on page 124.DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORSUnder-five mortality rate – Probability of dying between birth and exactly 5 years of age,expressed per 1,000 live births.Reduction since 1990 (%) – Percentage reduction in the under-five mortality rate (U5MR)from 1990 to 2009. The United Nations Millennium Declaration in 2000 established a goal of atwo-thirds (67 per cent) reduction in U5MR from 1990 to 2015. This indicator provides a currentassessment of progress towards this goal.GDP per capita – Gross domestic product (GDP) is the sum of value added by all resident producersplus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output. GDP per capita isgross domestic product divided by midyear population. Growth is calculated from constant priceGDP data in local currency.Total fertility rate – Number of children who would be born per woman if she lived to the end ofher childbearing years and bore children at each age in accordance with prevailing age-specificfertility rates.MAIN DATA SOURCESUnder-five mortality rate – Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WorldHealth Organization, United Nations Population Division and the World Bank).GDP per capita – World Bank.Fertility – United Nations Population Division.NOTES – Data not available.x Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.ΘA negative value indicates an increase in the under-five mortality rate since 1990.STATISTICAL TABLES 129