Chapter
4:
Context
and
contextual
changes
in
1990
to
60
in
2012,
according
to
the
latest
data
by
UNDP
and
UNICEF.
At
the
same
time,
the
infant
(under
one-‐year
old)
mortality
per
1,000
live
births
has
also
seen
a
drop
from
88
in
1990
to
46
in
2012
according
to
the
same
dataset
by
UNICEF.
Despite
the
improvements,
infant
and
child
mortality
rates
in
Yemen
are
still
high
compared
to
the
global
norms,
with
the
global
infant
mortality
rate
being
35
in
2012
(WHO
statistics)
and
the
global
child
mortality
rate
being
51
in
2011
(UNICEF,
2012).
Diarrhoeal
diseases
are
a
main
contributor
to
the
high
mortality
rate.
Closely
following
acute
lower
respiratory
infections,
diarrhoeal
diseases
are
the
second
most
common
cause
of
deaths
among
children
under
five
years
of
age
(see
Figure
4.5).
It
is
likely
that
the
diarrhoeal
diseases
are
mostly
related
to
polluted
water
sources
and
poor
hygiene
conditions,
which
will
be
discussed
in
Section
4.2.3.
Figure
4.3:
Population
estimation
2005-‐2012
Source:
Central
Statistical
Office
Yemen
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