1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2006
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 04/04/2006
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During the last century, there was a decline in the rates of infant mortality for both Tasmania, and Australia as a whole. In 1903, the infant mortality rate in Tasmania was 110.8 deaths per 1,000 live births, compared to 7.0 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2003. The Tasmanian figure for 1903 was similar to that recorded for Australia as a whole in 1903 (111.4 deaths per 1,000 live births). The Tasmanian figure in 2003 was higher than that recorded for Australia as a whole in 2003 (4.8 deaths per 1,000 live births). INFANT MORTALITY RATES - 1903-2003
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