Figure 6. The relationship between contraceptive use and child mortality in 33 countries, for the period of the early 1990s. Contraceptive prevalence is given as the percentage of married women, aged 15 to 49, who use contraception. Mortality rate is the number of children per 1000 live births who die before age 5. Sources: UNICEF, The State of the World's Children, 1994. Oxford University Press, New York, 1994; and the PRB World Population Data Sheet, 1994.