Abstract:
Objective
To investigate the mortality of children under five years of age in the region.
Methods
Analyze the mortality of the children under 5 years of age in Shenyang Tiexi District supervised from October first，2012 to September 30，2017.
Results
There was no significant difference in neonatal mortality, infant mortality or the mortality of children under 5 years old in Tiexi from 2013 to 2017(P>0.05). Infant deaths in Tiexi District accounted for 64.74%(112/202) of infant deaths and 85.64%(173/202) of deaths of children under 5 years of age from 2013 to 2017. Infant deaths accounted for the largest proportion of deaths in children under 5 years of age. Neonatal death was the largest proportion of infant deaths. The main death factors of neonatal deaths among children under 5 years of age were premature low birth weight, birth asphyxia and congenital abnormality.
Conclusion
In order to reduce the death of children under 5 years of age, we should start with health education in many ways, improve the consciousness of health care, strengthen perinatal health care, carry out good pre-pregnancy health care, and set up help fund, so that the children can get effective and timely treatment.

Key words: Children under 5, Mortality, Measures