23 of 1.000 under-five children die in Armenia: UNICEF

23 out of 1.000 under-five children die in Armenia, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) report as of November 11, 2009 reads.

The lowest infant mortality rate was registered in Armenia among the South Caucasian countries: 30 and 36 deaths out of 1.000 births were registered in Georgia and Azerbaijan respectively. According to the report, 65 out of 1.000 children under five die worldwide. Infant average death rate is 23 out of 1.000 in CIS and Central European regions, as much as in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

According UNICEF data, among all former Soviet Union republics the situation is better in Baltic states: 6 children — in Estonia, 7 – Lithuania, 9 – Latvia and 13 — in Russia and Belarus.

Under UNICEF experts, infant mortality rate reduced within last two decades (9% in 1990 and 6.5% in 2009).