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Track mortality indicators and active public-health watches with cautious source-first language.

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Health pages must be especially strict about source freshness, uncertainty, and medical-disclaimer boundaries.

Every chart below is backed by the World Vitals metric registry. Live-looking values are marked as estimated rates; annual and snapshot values keep their source year visible.

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Healthlatest annual

Under-5 mortality rate

37.4

World Bank world under-5 mortality estimate, deaths per 1,000 live births.

World Bank / 2024
Healthlatest annual

Deaths from ischaemic heart disease

9.00M

WHO Global Health Estimates identify ischaemic heart disease as the leading cause of death.

World Health Organization / 2021

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