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Infant Mortality Rate
Table
1. Infant mortality rate - deaths per 1 000 live
births
| |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Australia |
5.2
|
5.3
|
5.0
|
4.8
|
4.7
|
5.0
|
4.7
|
4.2
|
4.1
|
4.3
|
|
| The
mainland of China |
32.2
|
30.0
|
29.2
|
25.5
|
21.5
|
19.0 |
17.2 |
15.3 |
14.9
|
13.8
|
|
| Hong
Kong SAR |
3.0
|
2.6
|
2.3
|
2.3
|
2.7
|
2.3
|
1.8
|
1.8
|
1.8
|
1.7
|
1.7
|
| Japan |
3.2
|
3.1
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.8
|
2.8
|
2.6
|
2.6
|
2.6
|
2.4
|
|
| New
Zealand |
6.3
|
5.6
|
6.2
|
5.4
|
5.9
|
5.0
|
5.1
|
4.8
|
5.0
|
4.7
|
|
| Singapore(1) |
2.5
|
2.2
|
2.9
|
2.5
|
2.0
|
2.1
|
2.6
|
2.1
|
2.1
|
2.2
|
2.0
|
| South
Korea |
|
|
5.3
|
|
|
4.7
|
4.1
|
3.6
|
3.5
|
|
|
| Taiwan |
5.8
|
6.1
|
5.4
|
4.9
|
5.3
|
5.0
|
4.6
|
4.7
|
4.6
|
4.1
|
4.2
|
| Denmark |
5.3
|
4.9
|
4.4
|
4.4
|
4.4
|
4.4
|
3.5
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
3.1
|
|
| Finland |
3.8
|
3.2
|
3.0
|
3.1
|
3.3
|
3.0
|
2.8
|
2.7
|
2.6
|
2.6
|
|
| France |
4.5
|
4.6
|
4.2
|
4.2
|
4.0
|
3.8
|
3.8
|
3.8
|
3.8
|
3.9
|
3.7 |
| Germany |
4.4
|
4.3
|
4.2
|
4.2
|
4.1
|
3.9
|
3.8
|
3.9
|
3.5
|
3.5
|
|
| Italy |
4.3
|
4.4
|
4.1
|
3.9
|
3.9
|
3.8
|
3.6
|
3.5
|
3.3
|
3.7
|
|
| Netherlands |
5.1
|
5.4
|
5.0
|
4.8
|
4.4
|
4.9
|
4.4
|
4.1
|
3.8
|
3.8
|
|
| Norway |
3.8
|
3.9
|
3.5
|
3.3
|
3.2
|
3.1
|
3.2
|
3.1
|
2.7
|
3.1
|
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| Spain |
4.4
|
4.1
|
4.1
|
3.9
|
4.0
|
3.8
|
3.5
|
3.5
|
3.3
|
3.3
|
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| Sweden |
3.4
|
3.7
|
3.3
|
3.1
|
3.1
|
2.4
|
2.8
|
2.5
|
2.5
|
2.5
|
|
| Switzerland |
4.9
|
5.0
|
4.5
|
4.3
|
4.2
|
4.2
|
4.4
|
3.9
|
4.0
|
4.3
|
|
| United
Kingdom |
5.6
|
5.5
|
5.2
|
5.2
|
5.1
|
5.1
|
5.0
|
4.8
|
4.7
|
4.6
|
|
| Canada |
5.3
|
5.2
|
5.4
|
5.3
|
5.3
|
5.4
|
5.0
|
5.1
|
|
|
|
| United
States |
6.9
|
6.9
|
7.0
|
6.8
|
6.8
|
6.9
|
6.7
|
6.8
|
6.5
|
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Notes
Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths
of babies aged under one year of age that occurred
during a year per 1 000 live births during the
same year expressed as a rate.
(1) Figures refer to Singapore residents
only
Source
Unless otherwise specified, all figures are from
OECD.Stat
website; accessed on 2.3.2012.
Figures for the mainland of China from China
Statistical Yearbook 2010.
Hong Kong SAR figures
- 2000-2005 from Hong
Kong Annual Digest of Statistics 2006
- 2006-2010 from Hong
Kong Annual Digest of Statistics 2011
Singapore figures from Population
Trends 2011, Department of Statistics, Singapore.
Taiwan figures from Statistical
Yearbook of The Republic of China 2010, Edited
2011.
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