Deaths

8   Perinatal and infant mortality. 1956-2001 1
Year Deaths per 1 000 births Deaths per 1 000 live births
Stillbirths2 Perinatal mortality Under 24 hours Under 1 week Under 4 weeks 4 weeks - under 1 year Under 1 year, total
1956-1960 14.3 24.5 5.8 10.4 12.4 7.5 19.9
1961-1965 12.4 22.5 5.7 10.2 12.0 5.1 17.1
1966-1970 11.1 20.1 5.3 9.1 10.3 3.6 13.9
1971-1975 9.1 16.4 4.5 7.4 8.4 3.2 11.6
1976-1980 7.1 12.0 2.8 4.9 5.9 3.2 9.0
               
1981-1985 5.7 9.5 2.3 3.8 4.6 3.5 8.1
1986-1990 4.4 7.8 2.2 3.3 4.2 3.7 7.9
1991-1995 4.3 7.0 1.7 2.7 3.4 1.9 5.3
1996-2000 4.1 6.2 31.0 2.1 2.6 1.3 4.0
               
1986 4.8 8.0 2.1 3.3 4.2 3.7 7.9
1987 4.2 7.9 2.3 3.7 4.7 3.7 8.4
1988 4.3 7.9 2.3 3.6 4.5 3.8 8.3
1989 4.5 7.6 2.1 3.1 3.9 4.0 7.9
1990 4.3 7.5 2.0 3.2 3.9 3.1 7.0
1991 4.6 7.4 1.7 2.7 3.7 2.7 6.4
1992 4.3 7.4 1.8 3.1 3.8 2.1 5.9
1993 4.2 6.9 1.7 2.7 3.5 1.7 5.1
1994 4.5 7.5 1.8 3.0 3.6 1.6 5.2
1995 3.6 5.8 1.3 2.2 2.7 1.4 4.1
1996 4.5 6.5 1.0 2.0 2.6 1.5 4.1
1997 3.8 6.1 1.2 2.3 2.8 1.3 4.1
1998 4.2 6.2 1.2 2.0 2.6 1.4 4.0
1999 4.0 6.1 1.1 2.1 2.7 1.2 3.9
2000 3.8 5.9 31.0 2.1 2.6 1.2 3.8
2001 4.2 6.5 31.2 2.3 2.8 1.1 3.9
1  From 1956-1998 (1956-1995 for the five year periods) the numbers are collected from NOS Health statistics. Hence these numbers may deviate from the numbers for perinatal and infant mortality per 1000 births in the tables for deaths and death rates given in the Population statistics.
2  Fetal deaths with reported period of gestation 28 weeks and over.
3  Birth and death at the same date.

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