TABLE 10.2.6
	BIRTHS AND DEATHS OF BABIES AND INFANTS STATISTICS AND RATIOS,  1992 -  2008
		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	% Change 2007-8
	TOTAL DELIVERIES	-	172	163	171	167	169	157	175	195	184	167	142	164	167	183	164	182	11.0%
	NORMAL DELIVERIES	-	135	122	128	129	139	113	135	141	144	112	78	82	90	0	95	125	31.6%
	TWIN & MULTIPLE BIRTHS	-	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0.0%
	STILL BIRTHS	-	1	1	6	1	2	2	1	0	3	0	3	3	1	0	2	2	0.0%
	CAESARIAN SECTION	-	35	37	40	32	24	39	39	50	39	55	61	68	71	0	17	56	229.4%
	INFANT DEATHS 4	4	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	0
	PREMATURE BIRTHS 1	-	20	8	20	18	10	2	11	12	21	9	12	17	12	0	-	-
	MATERNAL DEATHS	-	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	NEONATAL DEATHS 2	-	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
	PERINATAL DEATHS 3	-	3	1	9	2	4	3	1	1	3	1	4	3	23	0	0	0
	Abortions/ectopics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	24	26	21		1	1	0.0%
	BIRTH RATE (1,000 POPULATION)	15.7	18.5	17.1	17.0	15.9	16.3	14.5	16.1	17.1	15.8	14.2	11.6	13.1	12.2	12.8	9.9	9.9
	INCIDENCE OF * LBW (1,000 OF LIVE BIRTHS) 1	-	-	-	-	93.2	94.7	38.7	51.1	72.5	98.9	65.1	179.5	170.7	-	0.0	9.9	16.5
	PERINATAL MORTALITY (per 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) 2	-	-	-	-	18.6	35.5	32.3	11.4	5.2	32.8	5.9	49.6	36.6	143.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
	NEONATAL MORTALITY (per 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) 3	-	-	-	-	6.2	11.8	6.5	0.0	5.2	0.0	5.9	7.1	0.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	INFANT MORTALITY (per 1000 LIVE BIRTHS) 4	-	-	-	-	6.2	5.9	0.0	5.7	5.2	0.0	11.8	14.2	0.0	18.0	5.5	0.0	0.0
	DEATH RATE (per 1000 PERSONS)	7.5	6.9	5.5	5.5	8.2	5.4	5.8	5.3	6.5	4.3	4.4	5.3	4.2	4.5	4.1
	Source: Princess Alexandra Hospital
	1- Premature Birth - a baby that is born before full maturity of 36 weeks
	2 - Neonatal Death - baby dies within 28 days of life
	3 - Perinatal Death - stillbirths & babies dies within first 7 days of life
	4 - Infant death is at least 12 months or less
	1 Low Birth Weight (Under 5lbs 8oz)
	4 Infant mortality are those who die before one year of age
	Total Deliveries = Normal deliveries+Breech Deliveries+Forceps deliveries+Caesarian Sections
	Last Update: April 03, 2009