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Table 1 Live births, infant deaths and neonatal deaths according to child citizenship, from 1980 to 2010

From: The contribution of the foreign population to the high level of infant mortality in Switzerland: a demographic analysis

  Live births Infant deaths (up to 1 year) Neonatal deaths (0–27 days)
  Swiss children Foreign children Total Swiss children Foreign children Total IMR (per 1000) – Total Swiss children Foreign children Total NMR (per 1000) - Total
1980–89 635297 124453 759750 4600 1028 5628 7.4 2794 701 3495 4.6
1990–93 264810 75999 340809 1550 541 2091 6.1 880 367 1247 3.7
1994–97 243748 85051 328799 1143 451 1594 4.8 771 325 1096 3.3
1998–01 225256 84086 309342 1053 408 1461 4.7 779 290 1069 3.5
2002–05 213118 82070 295188 868 397 1265 4.3 660 303 963 3.3
2006–10 284952 100759 385711 1101 461 1562 4.0 857 391 1248 3.2
Total 1867181 552418 2419599 10315 3286 13601 5.6 6741 2377 9118 3.8
  1. Sources: Vital statistics, birth register and death register
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