Maps were revised after publication of The State of the World's Children 2000 . A child's chance for a healthy life is affected by poverty, disease, malnutrition and conflict.
Malnutrition contributes to more than half of the under-five deaths in developing countries.
Under-five mortality rates have been decreasing since the 1960s, but in the many countries, the AIDS pandemic has reversed this trend. The difference in under-five mortality rates between developing and industrialized nations has increased, and in some developing countries, the rates are now more than 50 times higher than in the industrialized world. In countries where the under-five mortality rate for girls exceeds that for boys, gender discrimination is thought to be a factor. Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.