Appendix 4 - Infant mortality - international comparisons
Infant, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality
rates (per 1,000 live births)
|
|
Infant mortality rate
|
|
|
|
|
Country
|
1950
|
1960
|
1970
|
1980
|
1994
|
Year
|
Neonatal
(<28 days)
|
Post-neonatal (28-364 days)
|
|
Australia
|
24.5
|
20.2
|
17.9
|
10.7 10.7
|
5.9
|
1994
|
3.91
|
1.95
|
|
Canada
|
41.5
|
27.3
|
18.8
|
10.4
|
6.2
|
1993
|
4.15
|
2.15
|
|
Denmark
|
30.7
|
21.5
|
14.2
|
8.4
|
5.7
|
1993
|
3.57
|
1.83
|
|
France
|
52.0
|
27.4
|
18.2
|
10.0
|
5.8
|
1993
|
3.15
|
3.32
|
|
Germany (FRG)
|
57.2
|
33.8
|
23.6
|
12.6
|
5.6
|
1994
|
3.22
|
2.38
|
|
Greece
|
35.4
|
40.1
|
29.6
|
17.9
|
7.9
|
1994
|
5.60
|
2.33
|
|
Hong Kong
|
99.6
|
41.5
|
19.2
|
11.2
|
4.5
|
1994
|
2.68
|
1.81
|
|
Ireland
|
46.2
|
29.3
|
19.5
|
11.1
|
5.9
|
1994
|
3.96
|
1.96
|
|
Israel
|
47.3
|
31.0
|
25.3
|
15.6
|
7.5
|
1993
|
4.71
|
3.09
|
|
Italy
|
63.8
|
43.9
|
29.6
|
14.6
|
6.6
|
1992
|
5.85
|
2.06
|
|
Japan
|
60.1
|
30.4
|
13.1
|
7.5
|
4.2
|
1994
|
2.33
|
1.92
|
|
Netherlands
|
26.7
|
17.9
|
12.7
|
8.6
|
5.6
|
1994
|
4.02
|
1.63
|
|
New Zealand
|
27.6
|
22.6
|
16.7
|
12.9
|
7.1
|
1993
|
3.81
|
3.52
|
|
Norway
|
28.2
|
18.9
|
12.7
|
8.1
|
5.2
|
1993
|
3.45
|
1.66
|
|
Singapore
|
82.2
|
34.8
|
19.7
|
11.7
|
4.3
|
1994
|
2.40
|
1.85
|
|
Spain
|
69.8
|
43.7
|
26.5
|
11.1
|
6.0
|
1992
|
4.61
|
2.44
|
|
Sweden
|
21.0
|
16.6
|
11.0
|
6.9
|
4.4
|
1994
|
1.89
|
2.56
|
|
Switzerland
|
31.2
|
21.1
|
15.1
|
9.1
|
5.1
|
1994
|
3.27
|
1.84
|
|
UK
|
31.4
|
22.5
|
18.4
|
12.1
|
6.2
|
1994
|
4.12
|
2.07
|
|
USA
|
29.2
|
26.0
|
20.0
|
12.6
|
7.9
|
1993
|
5.29
|
3.07
|
Source: International Health - How
Australia Compares (AIHW cat. No.HSE6) 1998.
This information relates to Paragraph 4.4 of the Report.
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