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In 2003, there were 40 infant deaths recorded in Tasmania (24 males and 16 females), an increase of 3 from the 2002 total (37). As illustrated in the table below, the number of infant deaths in Tasmania can fluctuate markedly from year to year. However, male infant deaths consistently outnumber female infant deaths.

INFANT DEATHS(a), Tasmania - 1998-2003
	Unit	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Infant deaths	no.
Males		24	27	17	22	22	24
Females		10	19	16	18	15	16
Total		34	46	33	40	37	40
Infant mortality rate	rate(b)
Males		7.9	8.8	5.7	6.5	7.3	8.0
Females		3.4	6.4	5.9	5.9	5.0	5.8
Total		5.7	7.6	5.8	6.2	6.2	7.0
Age at death - males	no.
Under 1 day		5	8	5	5	11	9
1 day to under 1 week		7	6	5	3	4	4
1 week to under 4 weeks		3	4	5	4	-	4
4 weeks to under 1 year		9	9	-	10	6	7
Age at death - females	no.
Under 1 day		4	5	4	6	5	7
1 day to under 1 week		-	3	4	-	-	-
1 week to under 4 weeks		-	7	-	3	4	3
4 weeks to under 1 year		4	4	7	8	5	5
- nil or rounded to zero (a) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data. This means that the sum of the parts may not equal the total. (b) Per 1,000 live births. Source: Demography, Tasmania (cat. no. 3311.6); Deaths, Australia (cat. no. 3302.0).