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Trends in U5 mortality rates in Bangladesh
The under-five child mortality rates reduced remarkably in Bangladesh from 133 in 1993-94 to
46 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2014 – at a rate of 5.3% reduction annually (Figure 3.7). The
IHME/GBD estimates that Bangladesh will reduce U5MR to 18.6 by 2030 and achieve the SDG-
3.2.1 goal of reducing U5MR to less than 25 deaths per 1,000 live births (Figure 3.8).
Neonatal mortality rate was also reduced substantially in Bangladesh – about 46% – from 52 to
28 deaths per 1,000 live births between 1993-94 and 2014.
Our trends analyses suggest that U5MRs and NNMRs were reduced markedly in both urban and
rural areas (Figure 3.10 and 3.11, respectively), and among all educational (Figure 3.12 and 3.13,
respectively) and wealth quintile groups (Figure 3.14 and 3.16, respectively). Disparity in U5MR
that existed in early 19909s reduced substantially in later period (Figure 3.15). For neonatal
mortality, the reduction in inequity was not large; neonatal mortality rates were more than
double in the poorest women, compared to richest women (Figure 3.17).
Moreover, substantial disparity still exists in U5MRs and NNMRs by administrative divisions of
Bangladesh (Figure 3.18).
Figure 3.7. Trends in U5 mortality rates, Bangladesh
Data sources: Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys