3.2 Trends
- Globally, under-five mortality has decreased by 33%, from an estimated rate of 89 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 to 60 deaths per 1000 live births in 2009. This decline translates into an average annual decrease in child mortality of 2.1%. Numbers of under-five deaths have declined from 12.4 million in 1990 to 8.1 million in 2009. While progress has been made, it is unequally
One child everyFIVE second DIES
In 2008, nearly 9 million children died before they reached their fifth birthday. One third of these deaths are due directly or indirectly to hunger and malnutrition.
More people die of hunger every year than from AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
-19世紀 英․美詩-
-19世紀 英國詩-
(1) William Blake(1757-1827)
"The Chimney Sweeper", "The Tiger"
(2) William Wordsworth(1770-1850)
"Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey"
(3) Samuel Taylor Coleridge(1772-1834)
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "Kubla Khan"
(4) George Gordon Byron(1788-1824)
"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage(canto1)", "She Walks in Beauty"
(5) P
children under 5 are born in low-weight. Their mothers also have severe malnutrition. In fact, a child under 10 is dying every 6 seconds.
(Jean Ziegler, (2007), "왜 세계의 절반은 굶주리는가", 갈라파고스)
1) Hunger in children
• World population: 6.65 billion (66억 5천만명)
• Under 5: 620 million (6억 2천만명)
• Children death in a year: 9.2 mi
- Brought the birthrate in China down.
In 1970, the birthrate was 33.43 per thousand people.
In 1990, the birthrate was 21.06 per thousand people.
In 1970, The average number of children per woman was 5.01children.
In 1990, the number of children per woman was 2.31children.
At the family planning center, the woman was injected with rivanol which is an abortio