Child mortality was the reason behind that belief - most children died before they were 5.

Of course most adults live beyond that, but the high child mortality brings the average down.

Child mortality includes deaths within the first five years after birth.

Child mortality has decreased in every developing region of the world.

Birth order, nevertheless, has an impact upon child mortality that is independent of the mother's age.

In some Member States, the rate of child mortality is high.

I wonder to what might we credit the huge drop in child mortality worldwide during the same period?

Sierra Leone has the largest child mortality in the world.

The growing number of infections has reversed a decline in child mortality, officials said.

Child mortality has been cut by many percentage points.