Table 1.

Neonatal and maternal mortality of Taiwan Island, 1998–2004

	Neonatal mortality		Maternal mortality
	Deaths	Rate (‰)	Deaths	Rate (‰)
1998	918	3.38	24	0.09
1999	980	3.45	24	0.08
2000	1,038	3.40	24	0.08
2001	865	3.32	18	0.07
2002	745	3.01	19	0.08
2003	624	2.75	15	0.07
2004	623	2.88	12	0.06

Data are extracted from Health and Vital Statistics of Taiwan 2004.