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Infant mortality is the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births.Infant mortalityFirst dayBirth and death on the same calendar day.First weekThe data for 1946 -1955 are based on summed shares and may contain rounding errors.First monthThe data for 1946 -1955 are based on summed shares and may contain rounding errors.First monthUntil 1960: 30 days. From 1961 onwards, 28 days.First six monthsThe data for 1946 -1955 are based on summed shares and may contain rounding errors.Perinatal mortalityThe data for 1946 -1955 are based on summed shares and may contain rounding errors.Perinatal mortalityPerinatal mortality for the years 1946-1960 is calculated based on the number of stillbirths as well as the mortality rate for the first week of life.Perinatal mortalityPerinatal mortality are stillbirth and infant mortality during the first week of life. From July 1st, 2008 is children included that was stillborn if the mother was at least in the end of pregnancy week 22. Before that was the limit Week 28.

Source in swedish:1749-1875 - BiSOS A 1876 bihang 1876-1910 - BiSOS A 1911-1960 - Befolkningsrörelsen, Year 1961-1966 - Folkmängdens förändringar, Year 1967-1990 - Befolkningsförändringar Del 3, Year 1991-2000 - Befolkningsstatistik Del 4, Year 2001-2009 - Tabeller över Sveriges befolkning, Population statistics 2010- - Population statistics, Statistics SwedenFrom July 1st, 2008 includes a child that was stillborn if the mother was at least 22 weeks gestation. Before that were the limit week 28. This leads to a little break in series between 2007 and 2008.Ratios are calculated based on the data in the table. For a few years, this results in differences compared to the previously published.

Mortality rates for the 0-year-olds is based on the number of live births. Other mortality rates are calculated on the mean population.