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Table 2 Infant and neonatal mortality rates and relative risks according to the region of origin

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

 

Infant mortality rate

Neonatal mortality rate

 

Swiss children

Southern Europe

UE/EFTA

Former Yugoslavia and Turkey

Other

Swiss children

Southern Europe

UE15/EFTA

Former Yugoslavia and Turkey

Other

1980–89

7.2

7.5

7.8

9.5

9.2

4.4

5.3

5.0

6.5

5.9

1990–93

5.9

6.3

6.6

8.2

7.0

3.3

4.4

4.0

5.4

4.9

1994–97

4.7

4.7

4.8

5.5

6.4

3.2

3.4

3.3

3.9

4.8

1998–01

4.7

4.6

5.0

4.9

5.0

3.5

3.7

3.8

3.2

3.5

2002–05

4.1

4.4

4.1

5.2

5.2

3.1

3.4

2.8

4.2

3.7

2006–10

3.9

3.7

4.5

5.0

5.1

3.0

3.3

3.6

4.2

4.5

R.R.(%)

1980–89

100

103

108

131

127

100

120

113

147

135

1990–93

100

108

113

140

119

100

134

119

163

147

1994–97

100

100

103

118

136

100

109

105

123

153

1998–01

100

99

107

105

107

100

106

111

92

102

2002–05

100

107

100

128

128

100

109

91

136

119

2006–10

100

96

117

128

132

100

109

119

138

148

  1. Sources: Vital statistics, birth register and death register