WHO-MCEE estimates for child causes of death, 2000-2017.
Last updated November 2018
Please see full documentation at: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/en/
this dataset contains estimates at three levels: global (level==global), WHO regions (level==region) and country (level==country).
Explanation of variable names:
- neo = neonatal period
- post = postneonatal period
- ufive = under five (i.e., neo+post)
- nnd = total neonatal deaths
- pnd = total postneonatal deaths
Counts, rates and fractions:
- neo2 = number of deaths from cause #2
- rneo2 = death rate from cause #2 (per 1000 livebirths). Uses UN-IGME live birth time series.
- fneo2 = fraction of deaths (within neo, post or ufive categories) due to cause #2
Cause cateogories:
- CH2 HIV/AIDS
- CH3 Diarrhoeal diseases
- CH5 Tetanus
- CH6 Measles
- CH7 Meningitis/encephalitis
- CH8 Malaria
- CH9 Acute respiratory infections
- CH10 Prematurity
- CH11 Birth asphyxia and birth trauma
- CH12 Sepsis and other infectious conditions of the newborn
- CH13 Other Group 1
- CH15 Congenital anomalies
- CH16 Other noncommunicable diseases
- CH17 Injuries