World Mortality 2019

World Mortality 2019

Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division

World Mortality 2019

ST/ESA/SER.A/437

United Nations New York, 2020

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World Mortality 2019

PREFACE

World Mortality 2019 assesses changes in mortality risks at the global, and regional levels, focusing in particular on the period from 1994 to 2015, the first two decades of implementation for the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The report reviews the progress made towards achieving the survival targets outlined in the Programme of Action and discusses how these targets were subsequently reflected in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and its successor, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It evaluates the progress made by regions and countries in raising levels of life expectancy at birth, focusing in particular on reductions in mortality among children under age 5, women in the reproductive age range, all adults in the working age range and older adults at ages 60 and above. The report also discusses the contributions of the improvements in survival at different stages of life towards the achievement of the ICPD survival targets.

The data presented are from World Population Prospects 2019, the latest round of population estimates and projections prepared by the Population Division, complemented by data from other sources, including other United Nations entities and national statistical offices.

The report was prepared by the Demographic Analysis Section of the Population Division. It benefited from substantive review by Lina Bassarsky, Victor Gaigbe-Togbe, Bela Hovy, Gavin Jones and Frank Swiaczny. The Publications, Outreach and Support Unit of the Population Division provided editorial support.

World Mortality 2019 as well as other information about the global population may be accessed on the Population Division's website at . For further information concerning this publication, please contact the Office of the Director, Population Division, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York, New York 10017, USA, telephone +1 (212) 963-3209, fax +1 (212) 963-2147, email population@.

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