Infant deaths (number and rate) and average age of the deceased. Classification: years, region, sex

Indicators of infant deaths	Year (descending)
	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Number of infant deaths	6,385	4,053	3,362	2,696	2,322	2,405	2,698	2,566	2,505	2,485	2,373	2,368	3,675
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births Info	7.0	5.3	4.4	3.9	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.0	5.0
Average age of the deceased in days	83	71	67	64	60	53	52	55	52	51	51	50	40

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Region	Germany	Germany Baden-Wurttemberg Bavaria Berlin West Berlin East Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Mecklenburg Western Pomerania Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia Former federal territory New Länder and East Berlin Former federal territory and East Berlin Former federal territory excluding West Berlin New Länder excluding East Berlin
Sex	All sexes	All sexes Male Female

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Source(s)/Contact

• Statistics on the current movement of the population, Federal Statistical Office (more information on 
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Comment(s)

• Excluding stillbirths, wartime combat deaths certified at a later date and coroner's court declarations of death.

Refresh period of data

• The table was extended by the year 2021 on 19 Sep 2023.
  Information for a new reporting period will be added as soon as it is available.

Links

• Information concerning Births and deaths .
• Information concerning Stillbirths and those who died within the first 7 days after birth .
• Information concering Infant deaths by age and cause of death .

The Federal Health Monitoring System 16. Apr 2024