Table 1.
Infant, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality rates in Italy by 3-year intervals, years 1991–2008
| |
Infant mortality |
Neonatal mortality |
Post-neonatal mortality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Deaths | Rate | 95% CI | Deaths | Rate | 95% CI | Deaths | Rate | 95% CI |
| 1991–1993 |
12,965 |
7.72 |
7.58–7.85 |
9,862 |
5.87 |
5.75–5.98 |
3,103 |
1.85 |
1.78–1.91 |
| 1994–1996 |
10,014 |
6.31 |
6.18–6.43 |
7,502 |
4.73 |
4.62–4.84 |
2,512 |
1.58 |
1.52–1.65 |
| 1997–1999 |
8,502 |
5.37 |
5.26–5.49 |
6,346 |
4.01 |
3.91–4.11 |
2,156 |
1.36 |
1.31–1.42 |
| 2000–2002 |
7,248 |
4.51 |
4.41–4.62 |
5,320 |
3.31 |
3.22–3.40 |
1,928 |
1.20 |
1.15–1.25 |
| 2003–2005 |
6,410 |
3.91 |
3.82–4.01 |
4,647 |
2.84 |
2.76–2.92 |
1,763 |
1.08 |
1.03–1.13 |
| 2006–2008 | 5,897 | 3.55 | 3.46–3.64 | 4,297 | 2.55 | 2.47–2.62 | 1,690 | 1.00 | 0.96–1.05 |
CI, confidence interval.
Source: ISTAT. Health for All-Italia. Year 2012. (http:// http://www.istat.it/sanita/Health/ ).