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Mortality, summary list of causes
2001
Highlights
- Life expectancy at birth, a key indicator of a population's health,
increased slightly to new record highs for both sexes in 2001. A woman
born in 2001 could expect to live 82.2 years, up 0.2 years
from 2000. A man's life expectancy at birth reached 77.1 years
in 2001, up 0.3 years.
- The infant death rate decreased slightly in 2001, for the first
time in three years, to 5.2 infant deaths per 1,000 live
births.
- The maternal mortality rate increased to 7.8 maternal deaths
per 100,000 live births. While this rate represented only 26 deaths,
the increase is of concern because it was the highest rate since 1981.
A maternal death is the death of a woman while pregnant or within one year
of the termination of pregnancy.
- Influenza deaths decreased a striking 83.8% in 2001 from 2000.
While over 500 people died as a result of influenza in 2000,
fewer than 100 did so in 2001.
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