The infant mortality rate if often used as a key indicator of the social well being and health conditions prevailing in communities. It is measured as the number of deaths in children aged under one year per 1,000 livebirths.
The Hunter New England infant mortality rate in 2003 was 6.7 per 1,000 livebirths. That rate was 56% higher than the corresponding New South Wales infant mortality rate of 4.3 per 1,000 for that year. There has been a substantial change in the in theses relative rate ratios over the past ten years. Whilst the ratios of the Hunter New England to New South Wales infant mortality rates ranged between 1.0 and 1.14 in the period 1992 to 1997, the ratios were 1.48 in 2002 and 1.56 in 2003
Most infant deaths occur in the first four weeks of life. These are recorded as perinatal deaths - see the Pregnancy and the newborn section for more details
|
For more information:
|
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Web site at http://www.aihw.gov.au.
|
| |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. Deaths 2000. Catalogue No. 3302.0. ABS:Canberra, 2002.
|
|
Print version:
|
Although this page can be printed directly from your Web browser,
a higher quality version of this entire page (graph, table and text)
is available as an Acrobat PDF file which can be printed or viewed on screen
using free software.
|
|
Downloadable files:
|
The data associated with this page are available for download as a CSV file which can be
imported into many software packages. The graph is available for download as an EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) file
and as an EMF (Enhanced Metafile Format) file. Files in these formats can be imported into most word processing,
presentation and graphics software packages.
|
|
Rider:
|
The information presented in this report result from analyses of a variety of social and health focused datasets. These datasets originate from a variety of sources including Hunter New England Health, the NSW Department of Health, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The timing of the release of these data to third parties is controlled by the owner of these data. It is therefore possible for these organisations to publish data that they have not yet made available to Hunter New England Population Health for analysis and release. Users should therefore check the publications of these organisations as it is possible that they may have published even more up to date information on Hunter New England than those available in this report. As this report is an ongoing project, the indicators presented will be updated as soon as possible after the release of all datasets to Hunter New England Population Health.
|
|
Copyright notice:
|
This work is copyright Hunter New England Area Health Service, 2005. It may be reproduced
in whole or in part, subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgement of the source. Commercial usage or sale is prohibited.
|
|
Suggested citation:
|
Hunter New England Population Health. Health in Hunter New England. Hunter New England Area Health Service, 2005. Available at:
http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/HHNE/bod/bod_infm.htm. Accessed (insert date of access).
|
|
Produced by:
|
Hunter New England Population Health,
Hunter New England Health, with assistance from:
Centre for Epidemiology and Research,
NSW Health.
|
|
Last updated:
|
6 December 2005
|
|
See NSW Data:
|
To view state data, see NSW Chief Health Officer's Report:
internet version,
intranet version
|
Top of page
Table of contents
