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Mongolia ranked at 76th in ‘End of Childhood’
Society
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. Save the Children recently released its third
annual ‘End of Childhood Index’. 
It compared the latest data for 176 countries
by eight indicators – more than any other year – and assesses where the most
and fewest children are missing out on childhood.
In the End of Childhood
Index, Mongolia was ranked at 76th, scoring 877 out of 1000.
Mongolia’s ratings in the
following indicators; 17.2 percent in Under-5 mortality rate (deaths per 1,000
live births), 10.8 percent in Child stunting (children aged 0-59 months), 8.6
percent in out-of-school children of primary and secondary school age, 17.3
percent in children engaged in child labor (ages 5-17), 4.9 percent in adolescents
currently married or in union (girls aged 15-19) and 24.2 percent in adolescent
birth rate (births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19). Child homicide rate (deaths per
100,000 populated aged 0-19) for the country is 1.4.
According to the index, Singapore
tops the ranking with a score of 989. Eight Western European countries and
South Korea also rank in the top 10, attaining very high scores for children’s
health, education and protection status. Central African Republic ranks last
among countries surveyed, scoring 394.
