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Deaths by Age, Ethnic Group and Gender

Data from Jan 2022 to Jan 2024

Last updated: 08 Sep 2025, 08:58 SGT

ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)

Infant Deaths by Ethnic Group and Gender

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DeathsbyAgeEthnicGroupandGender.csv (616 rows, 29.8 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Ethnic Group Text	Gender Text	Death Age Text	Infant Indicator Text	Infant Death Age Text	Death Count Numeric
(Null)0.0% 202234.1% 202333.0% 202433.0%	(Null)0.0% CHINESE29.2% MALAYS28.7% INDIANS21.1% OTHERS20.9%	(Null)0.0% F50.0% M49.2% U0.8%	(Null)0.0% Under 126.0% 15 - 193.9% 20 - 243.9% 25 - 293.9%	(Null)0.0% Non-Infant Death74.0% Infant Death26.0%	(Null)74.0% UNDER 1 DAY2.8% 1 DAY2.4% 7 - 13 DAYS1.9% 28 DAYS and Under 2 Months1.9%	(Null)0.0%
2022	CHINESE	F	Under 1	Infant Death	1 DAY	4
2022	CHINESE	M	Under 1	Infant Death	1 DAY	2
2022	INDIANS	F	Under 1	Infant Death	1 DAY	1
2022	MALAYS	F	Under 1	Infant Death	1 DAY	1
2022	MALAYS	M	Under 1	Infant Death	1 DAY	3
2022	CHINESE	F	Under 1	Infant Death	10 Months and Under 11 Months	2
2022	OTHERS	M	Under 1	Infant Death	10 Months and Under 11 Months	1
2022	CHINESE	M	Under 1	Infant Death	11 Months and Under 1 Year	1
2022	CHINESE	F	Under 1	Infant Death	14 - 20 DAYS	1
2022	CHINESE	M	Under 1	Infant Death	14 - 20 DAYS	2

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Ethnic Group	ethnic_group	Text	-	-
Gender	gender	Text	-	-
Death Age	death_age	Text	-	Death age in Years
Infant Indicator	infant_indicator	Text	-	Infant death or non Infant death. Infant death are death below 1 year of age.
Infant Death Age	infant_death_age	Text	-	Death age in days and months
Death Count	death_count	Numeric	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bca761dca17d3155db130b84a8c01a23"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Immigration and Checkpoints Authority. (2016). Deaths by Age, Ethnic Group and Gender (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bca761dca17d3155db130b84a8c01a23/view

About this dataset

Contact

ICA_Data_Management@ica.gov.sg

Created on

07 Jun 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)