Child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus in Eritrea
Eritrea: Child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus was 86 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus in Eritrea, 2000–2015
Source: Wahl et al. (2018) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 86 for child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus in 2015.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus in Eritrea peaked at 112 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 38, in 2000.
That places Eritrea 42nd out of 194 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 38 | — |
| 2001 | 38 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 38 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 39 | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 111 | +184.6% |
| 2005 | 111 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 112 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 111 | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 110 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 107 | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 104 | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 101 | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 97 | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 92 | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 89 | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 86 | -3.4% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 86 is below the median for low income countries, which is 116, 74% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 86 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 90.5, 95% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus in Eritrea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +184.6% | 39 | 111 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.5 | 38 | 112 | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.83 | 86 | 104 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus in Eritrea?
- Child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus in Eritrea was 86 in 2015, according to Wahl et al. (2018) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 112 in 2006.
- What is the lowest child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 in 2000.
- How does Eritrea rank for child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus?
- Eritrea ranks 42nd out of 194 countries with data for 2015.
- Is child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Wahl et al. (2018) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated annual number of deaths caused by pneumococcus bacteria in children under five. This is broken down by the type of disease caused by the bacteria. For example, 'meningitis' refers to the number of meningitis deaths caused by pneumococcus bacteria.