Accurate, consistent and timely data on global trends in child, adult and old-age mortality are critical for assessing past and recent progress of regions and countries with respect to health, morbidity and well-being and for setting policy priorities to further improve child survival, reduce premature adult mortality and increase longevity at older ages. This publication presents the highlights of the World Mortality Report 2015, which summarizes levels and trends in mortality drawn from the latest United Nations estimates, as published in World Population Prospects: the 2015 Revision. The present Highlights focuses on the period from 1990 to 2015, the implementation period identified for the Millennium Development Goals, and reviews in particular how further improvements in child survival can be achieved by addressing key determinants of inequalities in infant and early childhood mortality in selected lower- and middle-income countries.

34 p. : ill., graphs, tables

Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-24).

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