Health topics  Child health   There has been significant
progress in child survival in the Western Pacific Region. The
overall estimated under five mortality rate was reduced by 65%
between 1990 and 2011 and the estimated total number of deaths
among children under the age of five years decreased by almost
80%.  However, around 1052 children under the age of five still
die everyday. In the Region, 72% of deaths in the underfive are
due to neonatal causes, pneumonia and diarrhoea.