1957 - United Nations Statistics Division
1957 - United Nations Statistics Division
1957 - United Nations Statistics Division
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DEATHS<br />
9. Infant deaths and infant mortality rates . 1948-1956<br />
[Rates are the number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1 000 live births. Data exclude foetal deaths. For discussion, see page 29.]<br />
Continent and country Code 1<br />
AFRICA<br />
Number - Nombre<br />
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956<br />
Algeria 2 [Fr.]:<br />
Moslem population•••••••••••••• U<br />
European population•••••••••••• C<br />
Angola [Port.]:<br />
Non-indigenous population 3•••••• ...<br />
Bechuanaland [UK]:<br />
Non-indigenous population 4•••••• C<br />
Belgian Congo:<br />
Indigenous population••••••••••• ...<br />
White population 6.............. .. .<br />
Camara Islands [Fr.] ••••••••••.•.•.•. t...<br />
Egypt•••••.••••••••••••.•..••.••. t<br />
29 898<br />
1 555<br />
136<br />
3<br />
...<br />
124<br />
...<br />
24 725<br />
1 426<br />
179<br />
2<br />
...<br />
118<br />
...<br />
25 462<br />
1 407<br />
182<br />
3<br />
...<br />
107<br />
7417<br />
26 934<br />
1 240<br />
186<br />
2<br />
...<br />
141<br />
7228<br />
28 914<br />
1 155<br />
315<br />
4<br />
...<br />
141<br />
96<br />
29 894<br />
1 013<br />
277<br />
2<br />
.. .<br />
134<br />
...<br />
31 100<br />
947<br />
258<br />
'"<br />
...<br />
149<br />
...<br />
30 653<br />
874<br />
226<br />
4<br />
...<br />
...<br />
...<br />
...<br />
243<br />
...<br />
...<br />
...<br />
...<br />
U 9 French West Africa:<br />
115422 112641 117283 120154 123168 130430 ... ... ...<br />
Dakar<br />
Indigenous population•..•.•••••• ...<br />
Gambia [UK]:<br />
Bathurst......................... ...<br />
Ghana 11•••••••••••••••••••••••••• t U<br />
Madagascar [Fr.] •••••••••••.•.••••. U<br />
Mauritius ex. dependencies [UK] .••.•.• t C<br />
Rodrigues•••••••••••••••.•.•.•.. t C<br />
Morocco:<br />
...<br />
86<br />
1 739<br />
14550<br />
3546<br />
49<br />
...<br />
71<br />
1 932<br />
14248<br />
1 863<br />
44<br />
943<br />
81<br />
...<br />
14659<br />
1 763<br />
69<br />
946<br />
91<br />
...<br />
11 847<br />
1 918<br />
29<br />
...<br />
61<br />
.. .<br />
12679<br />
1 948<br />
38<br />
912<br />
78<br />
...<br />
...<br />
2235<br />
101<br />
...<br />
77<br />
...<br />
11 813<br />
1 778<br />
44<br />
1 244<br />
73<br />
.. .<br />
...<br />
1 543<br />
72<br />
1 404<br />
93<br />
...<br />
...<br />
1 644<br />
68<br />
Former French Zone<br />
Non-indigenous population 2, 12 ••••<br />
Former Spanish Zone<br />
Northern Zone 13................<br />
Tangier.••••••••••••••••••••••.•<br />
Mozambique [Par!.]:<br />
Non-indigenous population 3••••••<br />
Nigeria, Federation of [UK]:<br />
C<br />
U14<br />
U 15<br />
C<br />
573<br />
854<br />
* 32<br />
131<br />
592<br />
682<br />
...<br />
106<br />
535<br />
768<br />
...<br />
130:<br />
532<br />
810<br />
...<br />
129<br />
531<br />
622<br />
...<br />
151<br />
575<br />
658<br />
...<br />
138<br />
552<br />
1 499<br />
...<br />
135<br />
541<br />
2 312<br />
...<br />
164<br />
...<br />
...<br />
...<br />
...<br />
Lagos<br />
Indigenous population•••••••••••<br />
Reunion [Fr.] •••••••••••••••••••••••<br />
...<br />
U<br />
...<br />
...<br />
...<br />
...<br />
1 092]<br />
2215<br />
1 054<br />
1 817<br />
1 269<br />
1 953<br />
1 038<br />
1 484<br />
1 142<br />
1 397<br />
1 163<br />
1 558<br />
1 170<br />
...<br />
Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Fed. of [UK]:<br />
European population•••••••••••• t... ... .. . ... ... ... .. . ... 137 149<br />
Northern Rhodesia<br />
Indigenous population••••••••••• ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. . ...<br />
European population•••••••••••• t U 27 24 27 38 33 42 55 45 47<br />
Nyasaland •••••••••••••••••••••• U ... ... ... 3129 4361 *3276 ... ... ...<br />
Southern Rhodesia<br />
Indigenous population••••••••••• ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... ... ... ...<br />
European population•••••••••••• t C 92 93 118 98 88 110 123 88 100<br />
Ruanda·Urundi [Belg. Adm.]:<br />
European population••••...••••• .. . 3 7 6 4 4 17 8 ... ...<br />
St. Helena ex. dependencies [UK] ...•.• ... 10 9 3 10 7 4 4 5 ...<br />
Seychelles [UK] •••••••••.••••.•••••• ... 94 73 64 52 55 64 71 98 79<br />
Sierra Leone [UK]:<br />
Colony.•••••••.••.••••••.••.•.• t... ... 834 778 654 668 632 614 706 818<br />
South West Africa 17:<br />
White population..•.•.••••••... t C 53 56 58 58 52 * 56 * 46 ... ...<br />
Spanish Guinea 13••••••••••••••••••• t U ... ... 112 106 121 119 117 162 160<br />
* Provisional.<br />
't Data known to be by year of registration rather than by year of<br />
occurrence.<br />
1 Data stated to be complete or virtually complete are coded "C"; those<br />
stated to be affected by irregularities in registration or incomplete<br />
coverage are coded "UII.<br />
2 Data exclude live-born infants dying before registration of birth.<br />
3 "Civilized" population only.<br />
4 European, Indian and coloured (mixed) population, together com.<br />
prising about one per cent of the total.<br />
5 Official estimate for 1950-52 obtained from sample survey of about<br />
3.6 per cent of total population.<br />
6 Infant deaths include stillbirths, but rates are computed on live births.<br />
7 Unusually high values are attributable to effect of cyclone on 22 De.<br />
cember 1950.<br />
200<br />
* Donnees provisoires.<br />
t Statistiques etablies selon I'annee de I'enregistrement et non I'annee<br />
de I'evenement.<br />
1 La lettre "c" designe les donnees considerees comme completes au<br />
pratiquement completes; 10 lettre "U" les donnees considerees comme<br />
incompletes ou faussees par des irregularites d'enregistrement.<br />
2 Non compris les enfants nes vivants decedes avant I'enregistrement de<br />
leur naissance.<br />
3 Population "civilisee" seulement.<br />
4 Europeens, personnes d'origine indienne et personnes de couleur<br />
(metis), representant ensemble 1 pour cent environ de 10 population<br />
totoIe.<br />
5 Estimation officielle pour 1950-52 Mablie d'apres un sondage portant<br />
sur un echantillon de 3,6 pour cent de 10 population totale.<br />
6 Les nombres absolus comprennent les mort·nes l mais les faux sont<br />
calcules sur 10 base des naissances vivantes.<br />
7 Chiffres anormalement eleves qui s'expliqueraient par les effets du<br />
cyclone du 22 decembre 1950.
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