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Child and Infant Mortality
Around 6 million children under 15 die per year.
Around 6 million children and adolescents under 15 die each year, according to UN IGME estimates — still far too many, yet the number has dropped sharply from over 12 million in 1990 as vaccination coverage, nutrition and neonatal care expanded worldwide.
6 million children under 15 die each year, highlighting the urgent need to end preventable deaths.