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Appendix table 3. Mortality during infant and perinatal period 1987–2010

  Perinatal deaths (stillbirths and first week deaths) Perinatal mortality/ 1000 births (incl. stillbirths) 1) Stillbirths First week mortality First week mortality/ 1,000 births Neonatal deaths Neonatal mortality 2) Infant deaths Infant mortality 3)
1987 505 8,4 311 194 3,2 252 4,2 370 6,2
1988 530 8,3 333 197 3,1 250 3,9 385 6,1
1989 495 7,8 282 213 3,4 261 4,1 382 6,0
1990 507 7,7 307 200 3,1 245 3,7 368 5,6
1991 531 8,1 305 226 3,5 276 4,2 383 5,9
1992 490 7,3 288 202 3,0 248 3,7 344 5,2
1993 428 6,6 267 161 2,5 195 3,0 285 4,4
1994 431 6,6 248 183 2,8 220 3,4 300 4,6
1995 429 6,8 299 130 2,1 172 2,8 251 4,0
1996 378 6,2 242 136 2,2 176 2,9 238 3,9
1997 368 6,2 239 129 2,2 165 2,8 233 3,9
1998 373 6,5 237 136 2,4 169 3,0 236 4,1
1999 329 5,7 208 121 2,1 154 2,7 213 3,7
2000 325 5,7 228 97 1,7 136 2,4 205 3,6
2001 306 5,4 208 98 1,7 122 2,2 181 3,2
2002 304 5,5 213 91 1,6 117 2,1 165 3,0
2003 276 4,9 178 98 1,7 120 2,1 182 3,2
2004 300 5,2 187 113 2,0 142 2,5 193 3,3
2005 286 4,9 182 104 1,8 125 2,2 179 3,1
2006 284 4,8 193 91 1,5 119 2,0 168 2,9
2007 298 5,1 204 94 1,6 109 1,9 159 2,7
2008 283 4,7 189 94 1,6 116 1,9 159 2,7
2009 300 4,9 205 95 1,6 122 2,0 160 2,6
2010 248 4,1 181 67 1,1 91 1,5 138 2,3
1) Perinatal mortality = Stillborn (the duration of the mother's pregnancy at least 22 weeks) and deaths during the first week of life per thousand births (incl. stillborn).
2) Neonatal mortality = The number of deaths during the four first weeks of life per thousand live births.
3) Infant mortality = The number of deaths at under one year per thousand live births.

Source: Causes of death, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Marja-Liisa Helminen (09) 1734 3273, Helena Korpi (09) 1734 3605, Irmeli Penttilä (09) 1734 3253, kuolemansyyt@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 16.12.2011

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5078. 2010, Appendix table 3. Mortality during infant and perinatal period 1987–2010 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2010/ksyyt_2010_2011-12-16_tau_005_en.html