Infant mortality rate

Country

1950

1960

1970

1980

1994

Year

Neonatal (<28 days)

Post-neonatal (28-364 days)

Australia

24.5

20.2

17.9

10.7 10.7

5.9

1994

3.91

1.95

Canada

41.5

27.3

18.8

10.4

6.2

1993

4.15

2.15

Denmark

30.7

21.5

14.2

8.4

5.7

1993

3.57

1.83

France

52.0

27.4

18.2

10.0

5.8

1993

3.15

3.32

Germany (FRG)

57.2

33.8

23.6

12.6

5.6

1994

3.22

2.38

Greece

35.4

40.1

29.6

17.9

7.9

1994

5.60

2.33

Hong Kong

99.6

41.5

19.2

11.2

4.5

1994

2.68

1.81

Ireland

46.2

29.3

19.5

11.1

5.9

1994

3.96

1.96

Israel

47.3

31.0

25.3

15.6

7.5

1993

4.71

3.09

Italy

63.8

43.9

29.6

14.6

6.6

1992

5.85

2.06

Japan

60.1

30.4

13.1

7.5

4.2

1994

2.33

1.92

Netherlands

26.7

17.9

12.7

8.6

5.6

1994

4.02

1.63

New Zealand

27.6

22.6

16.7

12.9

7.1

1993

3.81

3.52

Norway

28.2

18.9

12.7

8.1

5.2

1993

3.45

1.66

Singapore

82.2

34.8

19.7

11.7

4.3

1994

2.40

1.85

Spain

69.8

43.7

26.5

11.1

6.0

1992

4.61

2.44

Sweden

21.0

16.6

11.0

6.9

4.4

1994

1.89

2.56

Switzerland

31.2

21.1

15.1

9.1

5.1

1994

3.27

1.84

UK

31.4

22.5

18.4

12.1

6.2

1994

4.12

2.07

USA

29.2

26.0

20.0

12.6

7.9

1993

5.29

3.07