IHME results data from global analysis of child mortality for years 1990-2011 published online in The Lancet in September 2011. The study, "Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis," provides global and country level estimates of child mortality rates, the number of child deaths, and the annualized rate of decline in child mortality. Additionally, estimates of when each country will achieve MDG 4 are provided.Countries that will achieve MDG 4 after 2040 have the value, "2040+."

This study included maternal mortality estimates, also available in the GHDx.