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Generation of the reference population of infants deaths January 1997 – August 2001
| Infant deaths in N Ireland < 2 years of age | 657 |
| Deaths excluded from Reference Group: | 475 |
| – consisting of those that occurred < 7 days of age | 368 |
| – those attributed to – prematurity | 72 |
| – SUDI | 25 |
| – “interstitial pueumonitis” | 9 |
| – Overlaying | 1 |
| Remaining deaths included in Reference Group | 182 |
