Infant mortality rates remain high.

Nonetheless, the mortality rates remain high.

The high rates of mortality are found in the agricultural areas.

Infant mortality rates are high, and life expectancy at birth is 50.03 years.

However, the Committee is very concerned that despite decreases in the infant mortality rate, under five mortality rate and maternal mortality rate, these rates remain very high.

Infant Mortality Rates

These living conditions can, in turn, breed disease, causing high rates of infant and child mortality.

Other delegations expressed appreciation for the focus on health and nutrition, given high infant mortality rates.

Finally, poor families have many children as a kind of insurance policy against high child mortality rates.

Because of high HIV mortality rates in Africa, this scenario of property grabbing has become increasingly widespread.

Even within countries where death rates are declining, there are areas and populations where mortality remains high.

Compared with non indigenous women, indigenous women experienced high rates of mortality in every age group.8

Most frequent mortality causes and rates

Mortality Rates and Causes of Death

Child mortality and malnutrition rates likewise improved.

The rapid population growth in these periods was due to high birth rates at a time when mortality started to diminish.

Ms. Tavares da Silva asked whether any steps were being taken to address the high rates of maternal and infant mortality.

Maternal mortality rates remain dismal in several countries.

Others have noted increased mortality rates (Ward, A.W.

Nevertheless, it remains concerned at the regional disparities in the health service provisions as well as the still high maternal mortality rates.

Owing to the exceptionally high maternal mortality rates in Afghanistan, UNICEF recently declared a state of acute emergency for the women and children.

Maternal mortality in Pakistan remains high.

The infant, under five and maternal mortality rates are all worsening.

Infant and maternal mortality rates are reportedly higher among the displaced.

UNICEF will also employ a situation based approach, meaning that the high impact child survival interventions will have as a primary target those countries, or geographical areas within countries, with high to very high child mortality rates.

Maternal mortality, though declining, was still high.

Those programmes have served to reduce both maternal and newborn mortality rates.

Common previously checked childhood diseases and mortality rates are on the increase.

Statistics on maternal mortality rates would be supplied to the Committee later.

The lack of access can contribute to high rates of infant and maternal mortality, fertility and malnutrition, indicators that are closely associated with women's level of education.

In countries or areas with moderate to high mortality rates, UNICEF will support increased coverage of those interventions that simultaneously improve child survival, growth and development outcomes.

Of particular concern are the relatively high rates of teenage pregnancy and maternal mortality, which reflect a lack of access to health information and basic health services.

The world today encompasses, therefore, countries at all stages of the demographic transition, that is to say, the transition from a regime of high fertility and high mortality producing low population growth to one where both fertility and mortality are low and produce again low rates of population change.

Ethiopia has high infant and maternal mortality rate.

High rates of morbidity and mortality are still common in many low income countries, especially those highly affected by infectious diseases such as HIV AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

Birth rates, infant mortality rates, and death rates are lower in cities than in rural areas owing to better access to education, medicines and hospitals.

Figure 5 Evolution of child mortality (1987 2002) (Rates per 1,000 live births)

Figure 6 Evolution of child mortality (1987 2002) (Rates per thousand live births)

His her right to necessary measures to reduce infant and child mortality rates.

High vacancy rates

The infant mortality rate was only 17 per 1,000 live births, and Sri Lanka had achieved the Goal for maternal mortality rates also.

Effective coverage of interventions supporting Goals 4 and 5 is accelerated in countries and regions with high maternal and child mortality rates, with a particular focus on emergency situations.

Other causes that contribute indirectly to high mortality are

By the same date, to have reduced maternal mortality by three quarters, and under five child mortality by two thirds, of their current rates.

Noting with grave concern the high mortality rates of over 80 per cent of livestock in the worst affected areas of the Sool and Sanaag plateau of Somalia and the high risk of starvation of Somali nomads,