Comparing progress toward the millennium development goal for under-five mortality in León and Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua, 1990–2008

Table 2 Progress toward MDG4 in León (urban and rural) and Cuatro Santos from 1990 to 2008

	Urban León	Rural León	Cuatro Santos (rural)
U5MR decline (%)	60.5	45.1	36.4/58.1¹
AAPC observed (%)	8.5	4.5	3.7/5.4¹
MDG4 target 2015	16.2	18.4	13.7
Progress toward MDG4	On track	On track	On track
AARR required 2005–2015/2008–2015	1.3	4.3	6.4/4.6¹
Expected U5MR by 2015 based on observed AAPC	7.2	17.9	12.7

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