In 2022, the stillbirth rate was similar to 2021, while infant mortality increased.
|
2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
---|---|---|---|
Deaths of infants under one year of age |
313 | 280 | 311 |
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births) |
3,6 | 3,1 | 3,8 |
Stillbirths |
319 | 395 | 359 |
Stillbirth rate (per 1000 births) |
3,7 | 4,4 | 4,3 |
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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