Deaths

1   Deaths and death rates 1961-2002
Annual average year Deaths, total Deaths under 1year of age1 Deaths per 1 000 mean population2 Infant mortality1
Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Boys Girls
1961-1965 34 994 18 644 16 350 1 096 9.5 10.2 8.9 17.1 19.2 14.9
1966-1970 37 522 20 459 17 063  928 9.8 10.8 8.9 13.9 15.7 12.0
1971-1975 39 568 21 614 17 954  714 10.0 11.0 9.0 11.6 13.5 9.6
1976-1980 40 739 22 201 18 538  468 10.0 11.0 9.1 9.0 10.0 8.0
1981-1985 42 505 23 031 19 474  409 10.3 11.3 9.4 8.1 8.9 7.1
1986-1990 45 013 23 729 21 284  441 10.7 11.4 10.0 7.8 8.6 6.9
1991-1995 45 102 23 071 22 032  316 10.5 10.8 10.1 5.2 5.9 4.6
1996-2000 44 348 22 105 22 243  236 10.0 10.1 9.9 4.0 4.4 3.5
                     
1976 40 216 21 925 18 291  561 10.0 11.0 9.0 10.5 11.0 9.8
1977 39 824 21 744 18 080  468 9.8 10.8 8.9 9.2 10.6 7.7
1978 40 682 22 078 18 604  446 10.0 11.0 9.1 8.6 9.3 7.9
1979 41 632 22 655 18 977  453 10.2 11.2 9.2 8.8 10.1 7.4
1980 41 340 22 606 18 734  411 10.1 11.1 9.1 8.1 9.0 7.1
                     
1981 41 893 22 818 19 075  382 10.2 11.2 9.2 7.5 8.5 6.5
1982 41 454 22 631 18 823  413 10.1 11.1 9.1 8.1 8.9 7.2
1983 42 224 22 919 19 305  395 10.2 11.2 9.3 7.9 8.8 7.0
1984 42 581 23 005 19 576  419 10.3 11.2 9.4 8.3 8.3 8.4
1985 44 372 23 783 20 589  434 10.7 11.6 9.8 8.5 10.2 6.7
                     
1986 43 560 23 462 20 098  408 10.5 11.4 9.5 7.8 8.3 7.2
1987 44 959 24 008 20 951  453 10.7 11.6 9.9 8.4 9.1 7.6
1988 45 354 23 705 21 649  463 10.8 11.4 10.2 8.0 9.0 7.1
1989 45 173 23 604 21 569  463 10.7 11.3 10.1 7.8 8.7 6.9
1990 46 021 23 866 22 155  419 10.9 11.4 10.3 6.9 8.1 5.6
                     
1991 44 923 23 145 21 778  377 10.5 11.0 10.1 6.2 6.6 5.7
1992 44 731 23 071 21 660  346 10.4 10.9 10.0 5.8 6.2 5.2
1993 46 597 23 769 22 828  301 10.8 11.1 10.5 5.0 5.7 4.4
1994 44 071 22 348 21 723  312 10.2 10.4 9.9 5.2 5.8 4.6
1995 45 190 23 020 22 170  244 10.4 10.7 10.1 4.0 4.9 3.1
                     
1996 43 860 22 106 21 754  246 10.0 10.2 9.8 4.0 4.5 3.6
1997 44 595 22 262 22 333  247 10.1 10.2 10.0 4.1 4.3 3.6
1998 44 112 22 067 22 045  232 10.0 10.1 9.8 4.0 4.6 3.4
1999 45 170 22 426 22 744  232 10.1 10.2 10.1 3.9 4.4 3.3
2000 44 002 21 665 22 337  225 9.8 9.7 9.9 3.8 4.3 3.3
                     
2001 43 981 21 630 22 351  223 9.7 9.7 9.8 3.9 4.3 3.5
2002 44 465 21 643 22 822  192 9.8 9.6 10.0 3.5 3.3 3.6
1  From 1986 an onwards the numbers deviate from those published in NOS Health statistics. From 1986 and onwards infant mortality per 1000 births are collected from the Population statistcs. Therefore these numbers may deviate from the numbers given in the table for perinatal death rates and infant mortality as these are collected from the Health statistics.
2  See also standardized rates, table 3.

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