Trends in mortality and life expectancy in Fiji over 20 years

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Table 2 Infant mortality and under-five mortality rates, total, i-Taukei and Indian, Fiji 1996–2017

Period	i-Taukei			Indian			Total^b
IMR	Births	IMR	95% CI	Births	IMR	95% CI	Births	IMR	95% CI
1996–1998	11,272	17.5	16.1–18.9	6059	17.8	15.8–19.7	18,349	17.2	16.1–18.3
1999–2001	11,353	16.2	14.8–17.5	5026	15.4	13.4–17.4	17,310	15.9	14.8–17.0
2002–2004	11,870	18.0	16.6–19.4	4750	17.6	15.4–19.8	17,542	17.6	16.4–18.7
2005–2007	12,651	19.8	18.4–21.2	4884	20.7	18.4–23.0	18,506	19.7	18.5–20.8
2008–2010	14,222	13.6	12.5–14.7	4840	14.7	12.8–16.7	19,962	13.7	12.8–14.7
2011–2013	15,247	15.5	14.4–16.7	4381	14.7	12.6–16.7	20,524	15.2	14.3–16.2
2014–2017^a	15,286	15.5	14.5–16.5	3757	16.0	14.0–18.0	19,896	15.5	14.6–16.3
U5M	Births	U5M	95% CI	Births	U5M	95% CI	Births	U5M	95% CI
1996–1998	11,272	24.6	23.0–26.2	6059	20.8	18.8–22.9	18,349	22.8	21.6–24.1
1999–2001	11,353	24.9	23.2–26.6	5026	20.5	18.2–22.8	17,310	23.1	21.8–24.4
2002–2004	11,870	23.9	22.3–25.5	4750	21.2	18.8–23.6	17,542	22.7	21.5–24.0
2005–2007	12,651	25.6	24.0–27.2	4884	24.3	21.8–26.8	18,506	24.8	23.5–26.9
2008–2010	14,222	21.9	20.5–23.3	4840	19.6	17.3–21.8	19,962	21.2	20.1–22.4
2011–2013	15,247	20.6	19.3–21.9	4381	18.4	16.1–20.7	20,524	20.0	18.9–21.1
2014–2017^a	15,286	20.1	19.0–21.2	3757	19.0	16.8–21.1	19,896	19.8	18.8–20.8
p trend U5M		0.016↓			0.311			0.069

Deaths corrected for removal of stillbirths and duplicates. ^a2014–17 4 yr data. ^b Total include i-Taukei, Indians, others. Births: average per year. IMR infant mortality rate/1000 from deaths < 1 yr and live births, U5M under 5 yr mortality/1000 live births from deaths < 5 yrs. and live births. Bold: p < 0.05; Italics: p ≥ 0.05 to p < 0.06. Births by sex not available. CI confidence interval

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