Mean, maximum and minimum values of excess female U5MR* according to prescriptive and descriptive approaches by world region and country income groups
| Countries (n) | Excess female U5MR (%) | ||||||
| Prescriptive approach | Descriptive approach | ||||||
| Mean | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Minimum | Maximum | ||
| World region | |||||||
| CEE and CIS** | 7 | 0.3 | −26.2 | 36.2 | −4.0 | −20.6 | 17.0 |
| East Asia and Pacific | 4 | 5.3 | −3.1 | 15.4 | 0.5 | −3.5 | 6.3 |
| Eastern and Southern Africa | 15 | 8.0 | −4.2 | 36.8 | 0.8 | −5.5 | 13.9 |
| Latin America and Caribbean | 7 | 13.6 | −6.3 | 28.8 | 4.3 | −6.5 | 13.7 |
| Middle East and North Africa | 3 | 20.1 | 14.2 | 27.0 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 12.5 |
| South Asia | 5 | 25.2 | 11.9 | 35.6 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 13.2 |
| West Central Central Africa | 19 | 5.1 | −21.9 | 22.3 | −0.9 | −16.8 | 7.8 |
| Income group | |||||||
| Low-income | 28 | 10.1 | −6.3 | 36.8 | 1.9 | −7.0 | 17.0 |
| Lower-middle income | 23 | 8.6 | −26.2 | 32.7 | 0.85 | −20.6 | 13.7 |
| Upper-middle income | 9 | 4.6 | −24.6 | 24.6 | −0.4 | −18 | 9.5 |
*U5MR, under-5 mortality rate; **CEE and CIS, Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.