Table 4(a) - Infant deaths 1/ by sex, Island of Mauritius
1918-2009
Year Infant deaths
Male Female B.Sexes
1918 1,281 1,036 2,317
1919 1,334 1,172 2,506
1920 1,064 936 2,000
1921 1,342 1,196 2,538
1922 1,120 945 2,065
1923 1,058 877 1,935
1924 1,099 901 2,000
1925 1,049 932 1,981
1926 1,034 839 1,873
1927 1,030 848 1,878
1928 994 915 1,909
1929 1,022 799 1,821
1930 1,277 1,250 2,527
1931 1,272 1,153 2,425
1932 871 761 1,632
1933 938 835 1,773
1934 976 778 1,754
1935 1,019 828 1,847
1936 1,078 895 1,973
1937 1,153 1,025 2,178
1938 1,151 1,030 2,181
1939 1,244 1,052 2,296
1940 1,091 877 1,968
1941 940 870 1,810
1942 1,210 1,005 2,215
1943 1,066 860 1,926
1944 1,392 1,183 2,575
1945 1,637 1,426 3,063
1946 1,297 1,088 2,385
1947 1,179 977 2,156
1948 1,856 1,690 3,546
Table 4(a) - Infant deaths 1/ by sex, Island of Mauritius
1918-2009
Year Infant deaths
Male Female B.Sexes
1949 1,007 856 1,863
1950 1,036 727 1,763
1951 1,073 845 1,918
1952 1,079 869 1,948
1953 1,230 1,005 2,235
1954 946 832 1,778
1955 877 666 1,543
1956 920 742 1,662
1957 1,017 880 1,897
1958 941 718 1,659
1959 821 674 1,495
1960 980 780 1,760
1961 915 703 1,618
1962 896 683 1,579
1963 n.a n.a n.a
1964 880 681 1,561
1965 943 742 1,685
1966 943 778 1,721
1967 947 709 1,656
1968 935 753 1,688
1969 847 681 1,528
1970 706 526 1,232
1971 584 493 1,077
1972 716 592 1,308
1973 699 502 1,201
1974 579 466 1,045
1975 600 446 1,046
1976 510 390 900
1977 552 471 1,023
1978 476 347 823
1979 473 351 824
Table 4(a) - Infant deaths 1/ by sex, Island of Mauritius
1918-2009
Year Infant deaths
Male Female B.Sexes
1980 438 370 808
1981 461 334 795
1982 342 282 624
1983 287 224 511
1984 256 188 444
1985 251 190 441
1986 279 201 480
1987 283 180 463
1988 266 175 441
1989 189 263 452
1990 252 182 434
1991 230 158 388
1992 231 177 408
1993 235 189 424
1994 235 144 379
1995 220 168 388
1996 266 179 445
1997 234 159 393
1998 200 164 364
1999 221 154 375
2000 198 108 306
2001 153 110 263
2002 152 126 278
2003 127 103 230 1/ death of an infant aged under one year
2004 144 112 256
2005 139 98 237
2006 127 98 225
2007 130 118 248
2008 134 89 223
2009 108 87 195
Table 4(b) - Infant deaths 1/ by sex, Island of Rodrigues
1972-2009
Year Infant Deaths Year Infant Deaths
Male Female B.Sexes Male Female B.Sexes
1972 53 38 91 1991 11 14 25
1973 37 39 76 1992 13 5 18
1974 34 34 68 1993 12 2 14
1975 49 35 84 1994 9 6 15
1976 18 18 36 1995 8 8 16
1977 40 24 64 1996 5 9 14
1978 24 29 53 1997 7 6 13
1979 43 24 67 1998 9 3 12
1980 26 30 56 1999 8 13 21
1981 46 43 89 2000 8 8 16
1982 31 27 58 2001 12 7 19
1983 35 24 59 2002 11 8 19
1984 39 22 61 2003 6 14 20
1985 21 25 46 2004 13 8 21
1986 23 21 44 2005 7 4 11
1987 15 26 41 2006 11 13 24
1988 15 15 30 2007 8 5 13
1989 28 18 46 2008 4 9 13
1990 17 11 28 2009 6 4 10
1/ death of an infant aged under one year
Table 4(c) - Infant deaths1/ by sex, Republic of Mauritius2/
1972-2009
Year Infant deaths Year Infant deaths
Male Female B.Sexes Male Female B.Sexes
1972 769 630 1,399 1991 241 172 413
1973 736 541 1,277 1992 244 182 426
1974 613 500 1,113 1993 247 191 438
1975 649 481 1,130 1994 244 150 394
1976 528 408 936 1995 228 176 404
1977 592 495 1,087 1996 271 188 459
1978 500 376 876 1997 241 165 406
1979 516 375 891 1998 209 167 376
1980 464 400 864 1999 229 167 396
1981 507 377 884 2000 206 116 322
1982 373 309 682 2001 165 117 282
1983 322 248 570 2002 163 134 297
1984 295 210 505 2003 133 117 250
1985 272 215 487 2004 157 120 277
1986 302 222 524 2005 146 102 248
1987 298 206 504 2006 138 111 249
1988 281 190 471 2007 138 123 261
1989 291 207 498 2008 138 98 236
1990 269 193 462 2009 114 91 205
1/ death of an infant aged under one year
2/ includes Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues.