As indicated in last year’s report, two terms frequently used in the Mortality sections are “adult” and “infant”. The term “adult” as used in the context of this publication, refers to all individuals of the age 5 years and over. The term “infant” by international standards usually refers to individuals under 1 year old. For ease of identification in this analysis, however, individuals under 1 year as well as those 1 to 4 years are referred to as “infants”. In Tables 14 to 14b, “infant” and “pre-school” deaths are referred to. Here, infant denotes the traditional “under 1 year” definition while “pre-school” relates to all other individuals in the under 5 age group.

There was a total of 14,050 deaths registered in 2004 and of that number 6,857 (48.8%) were adult males, 6,606 (47.0%) were adult females, 310 (2.2%) were infant males and 277 (2.0%) were infant females. In the previous year, the proportions were only slightly different at 7,408 (49.6%), 6,910 (46.2%), 341 (2.3%) and 280 (1.9%) respectively.

In 2004, adult deaths totalled 13,463 (95.8%) and infant deaths, 587 (4.2%). The previous year’s respective figures were 14,318 (95.8%) and 621 (4.2%).

TABLE 14a: DEATHS FOR INFANT AND PRE-SCHOOL MALES BY CAUSE AND AGE FOR 2004

TABLE 14b: DEATHS FOR INFANT AND PRE-SCHOOL FEMALES BY CAUSE AND AGE FOR 2004