Health Indicators

key health indicators from 1996 population census


Indicators 1996 1986
Males Females Total Males Females Total
Estimated life expectancy at birth 64.5 68.7 66.6 64.8 69.0 66.9
Infant Mortality Rate per 1000 live births [<1 years old] 22 23 22 25 20 22
Child Mortality Rate per 1000 live births [1 - 4 years old] 5 5 5 6 5 5
Total Fertility Rate - 3.26 - - 3.51 -
Source: Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics

Vital Statistics 2009


2009
Population* 882,066
Women [15-44 years] 193,016
Total Live Births 18,854
Crude Birth Rate / 1000 Population 21.4
Crude Death Rate / 1000 Population 7.5
Rate of Natural Increase 1.4%
Under 5 Mortality Rate / 1000 live births [0-5 years] 23.2
Infant Mortality Rate / 1000 live births [0-12 months] 15.2
Perinatal Mortality [stillbirth and early neonatal deaths] / 1000 live births 15.8
Early Neonatal [deaths 0-7 days] / 1000 live births 6.8
Neonatal Mortality [deaths 0-28 days] / 1000 live births 9.9
Post-Neonatal Mortality [deaths 1-12 months] / 1000 live births 5.3
Maternal Mortality Ratio / 1000 live births 27.5
General Fertility Rate / 1000 CBA Population 97.7
Family Planning Protection Rate 28.9
Source: Ministry of Health, Annual Report

* Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics


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