Closing gaps in the under-5 mortality rate in Mozambique

CLOSING GAPS IN THE UNDER-5 MORTALITY RATE IN MOZAMBIQUE URBAN AND RURAL GAPS IN MOZAMBIQUE, THE GAP WAS REDUCED FROM 58% 1997 TO 11% URBAN RURAL 2011 INCOME GAPS RICHEST QUINTILE POOREST QUINTILE 2003: 2003: 71 143 50% deaths per 1000 live births deaths per 1000 live births 2003 2011: 2011: TO 64 83 23% deaths per 1000 live births deaths per 1000 live births 2011 9% 42% FEWER DEATHS 2003 - 2011 FEWER DEATHS 2003 - 2011 Sources: DHS data sub-Saharan Africa (various years); DHS Mozambique (1997, 2011)