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Fast fact #9

#9: The number of children under five dying each year, worldwide, fell from more than 12 million in 1990 to 7.6 million in 2010 - but that's still 14 deaths per minute.

Bibliography

Source: Guardian online 2011 16 September.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/sep/16/child-mortality-falling-rates
Originally published in The Big Picture Little Book of Fast Facts
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-and-education/Big-Picture/All-issues/Special-Fast-Facts-book/index.htm

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