The State of the World's Children 1998: Focus on Nutrition

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Table 8 (cont.)

The Rate of Progress (Regional Summaries)

Countries in each region Under-5 mortality rate Average annual rate of reduction (%) GNP per capita average growth rate (%) Total fertility rate Average anual rate of reduction (%)
1960 1980 1996 1960-1980 1980-1996 required 1996-2000 1965-1980 1985-1995 1960 1980 1996 1960-1980 1980-1996
Sub-Saharan Africa 257 197 171 1.3 0.9 23.0 2.8 -0.9 6.6 6.6 5.9 0.0 0.7
Middle East and North Africa 241 134 65 2.9 4.6 7.6 3.1 -0.9 7.1 6.2 4.5 0.7 2.0
South Asia 239 181 119 1.4 2.6 13.4 1.4 2.8 6.1 5.1 3.5 0.9 2.4
East Asia and Pacific 201 80 54 4.6 2.5 8.8 4.9 7.4 5.8 3.3 2.1 2.8 2.8
Latin America and Caribbean 157 87 43 3.0 4.4 6.2 4.0 0.5 6.0 4.2 2.8 1.8 2.6
CEE/CIS and Baltic States 101 56 36 2.9 2.8 5.2 - -3.3 3.0 2.5 1.9 0.9 1.9
Industrialized countries 37 14 7 4.7 4.6 3.5 2.9 1.8 2.8 1.8 1.7 2.2 0.4
Developing countries 216 136 97 2.3 2.1 14.5 3.7 2.9 6.0 4.4 3.2 1.6 2.0
Least developed countries 280 214 171 1.4 1.4 22.3 -0.1 0.0 6.6 6.5 5.3 0.0 1.3
World 192 121 88 2.3 2.0 14.2 3.1 1.9 5.0 3.8 2.9 1.4 1.7

Definitions of the indicators Main data sources

Under-five mortality rate - Probability of dying between birth and exactly five years of age expressed per 1,000 live births.
GNP per capita - Gross national product (GNP) is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers, plus any taxes that are not included in the valuation of output, plus net receipts of primary income from non-resident sources. GNP per capita is the gross national product, converted to United States dollars using the World Bank Atlas method, divided by the mid-year population.
Total fertility rate - The number of children that would be born per woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children at each age in accordance with prevailing age-specific fertility rates.
Average annual rate of reduction required 1996-2000 - The average annual reduction rate required, for the period 1996-2000, to achieve an under-five mortality rate in the year 2000 of 70 per 1,000 live births or two thirds the 1990 rate, whichever is less.

Under-five and infant mortality rates — UNICEF, United Nations Population Division and United Nations Statistics Division.
GNP per capita — World Bank.
Fertility - United Nations Population Division.

Notes
- Data not available.
x Indicates data that 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.

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