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Definitions for child mortality. Child mortality. Child mortality, also known as under-5 mortality, refers to the death of infants and children under the age of five. In 2011, 6.9 million children under five died, down from 7.6 million in 2010, 8.1 million in 2009, and 12.4 million in 1990.
Here are the diseases that kill children around the world. Child mortality is decreasing, but 6.3 million children under the age of five still died last year. Of those deaths, 44% came in the womb, or the first 27 days of a babyâs life, according to a study published in The Lancet and conducted by Johns Hopkins. In children one month to 5 years old, pneumonia and diarrhea were the most common causes of death.