Weekly Bulletin issue 34, 1996

Infant mortality falls to new low

Infant mortality declined to an all-time low in Norway in 1995. Mortality in children under one year of age last year fell to four infant deaths per 1,000 live births. This is half the average rate of the 1980s and one of the lowest known mortality rates in any country. Life expectancy based on deaths in 1995 was 74.8 years for men and 80.8 years for women, about the same as the year before. Expectancy of life in Norway is still among the highest in Europe.

New Statistics

Population Statistics. Deaths, 1995.
Statistics are published annually in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics and Official Statistics of Norway (NOS) Population Statistics Volume III. More information: Irene Aamodt, tel. +47 62 88 52 64, e-mail: iaa@ssb.no or Kirsten Enger Dybendal, tel. +47 62 88 52 96, e-mail: kle@ssb.no.

Weekly Bulletin issue 34, 1996