Infant mortality, stillbirths

In 2023, the stillbirth rate was similar to 2022, while infant mortality decreased.

Infant mortality and stillbirths

	2021	2022	2023
Deaths of infants under one year of age	280	311	265
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)	3.1	3.8	3.3
Stillbirths	395	359	334
Stillbirth rate (per 1000 births)	4.4	4.3	4.2

Source: BEVNAT

Until the early 1980s, the falling infant mortality rate was mainly due to a decline in deaths in the first week of life. Since the early 1990s, this decline could be attributed to a reduction in deaths of infants aged between one month and one year. In the last twenty years, the infant mortality remained relatively stable. In this period, about 70% of deceased infants died within the first week of their life.

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