INDONESIA : CHILD HEALTH PROFILE

Demographics and information system
Under five population (2005) = 22000000
Annual number of births (2005) = 4000000
Birth registration coverage =55%
Coverage of vital registration of deaths (2002) = <25% style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Health Status Indicators
Neonatal, infant and under five mortality
Neonatal mortality rate per 1000 live birth (2004) = 17
Annual number of neonatal deaths (2004) = 61000
Infant mortality rate per 1000 live births (2005) = 28
Annual number of infatn deaths (2005) = 126000
Under five mortality rate (2005) = 36
Annual number of under five deaths (2005) = 161000
Neonatal causes as a proportion
of all under five deaths (2000) = 38%

Distribution of under five deaths by age groups

Based on mortality estimates from the IACMEG for 2005 78% of all under five deaths in Indonesia occur during the first year of life : 38 % in net neonatal period and another 40% between the first and the eleventh month. the remaining 22% occur the second and the fifth years of age.
Infectious diseases such as diarrhea (18%), pneumonia (14%), and measles (5%) account for more 37% of the 161000 deaths the occured among under five in indonesia in 2005.
Among the 61000 neonatal deaths that the estimated to have occured in 2004-2005.

• About 22% were due to infections (severe infections including pneumonia, neonatal tetanus, and diarrhea),
• Another 69% were due to birth asphyxia (30%), preterm birth (32%), and congenital anomalies (7%)

Trends In Neonatal Mortality Rates
DHS has reperted a NNMRs for the following years/periods : 1987, 1991, 1994,1997, and 2002 - 2003. these were 27, 32, 30, 22, and 20 per 1000 live births, respectively. WHO estimated NNMRs were 18 and 17 per 10000 live births in the years 2000 and 2004, respectively.

Sources : World Population Prospects - the 2006 revision, UN population Division, New York, 2007, UNICEF, The State of The Wourld Childrend 2007, WHO, World Health Statistic 2007, UNDP, World Bank,