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Chart 5 (data) Infant mortality

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Chart 5 Infant mortality
Year Number of deaths per 1,000 live births
1935 72.5
1936 67.7
1937 77.4
1938 64.2
1939 61.4
1940 57.6
1941 61.1
1942 55.4
1943 55.0
1944 56.3
1945 52.5
1946 47.8
1947 46.2
1948 44.4
1949 43.4
1950 41.5
1951 38.5
1952 38.2
1953 35.6
1954 31.9
1955 31.3
1956 31.9
1957 30.9
1958 30.2
1959 28.4
1960 27.3
1961 27.2
1962 27.6
1963 26.3
1964 24.7
1965 23.6
1966 23.1
1967 22.0
1968 20.8
1969 19.3
1970 18.8
1971 17.5
1972 17.1
1973 15.5
1974 15.0
1975 14.3
1976 13.5
1977 12.4
1978 12.0
1979 10.9
1980 10.4
1981 9.6
1982 9.1
1983 8.5
1984 8.1
1985 8.0
1986 7.9
1987 7.3
1988 7.2
1989 7.1
1990 6.8
1991 6.4
1992 6.1
1993 6.3
1994 6.3
1995 6.1
1996 5.6
1997 5.5
1998 5.3
1999 5.3
2000 5.3
2001 5.2
2002 5.4
2003 5.3
2004 5.3
2005 5.4

 

Chart 5 Infant mortality