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1997 |
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2001 |
2002 |
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Mid-year population |
6 489 300 |
|
6 724 900 |
|
6 787 000 |
Crude birth rate
(per 1 000 population) |
9.1 |
|
7.2 |
|
7.1 |
Crude death rate
(per 1 000 population) |
4.9 |
|
5.0 |
5.0 |
Infant mortality
rate(1) (per 1 000 registered live births) |
4.0 |
|
2.7 |
|
2.4 |
Neonatal (aged under
four weeks) mortality rate(1) |
2.2 |
|
1.7 |
|
1.3 |
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(per 1 000 registered
live births) |
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Post neonatal (aged
from four weeks to under one year) |
1.9 |
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1.1 |
1.0 |
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mortality rate(1) (per 1 000 registered live births) |
|
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Maternal mortality
ratio(1) (per 100 000 registered live births) |
1.7 |
|
2.0 |
|
4.2 |
Expectation of life
at birth (years)(2) |
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Male |
77.2 |
|
78.4 |
|
78.7 |
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Female |
83.2 |
|
84.6 |
|
84.7 |