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Neonatal, Perinatal and Maternal Vital Statistics from 1971 onwards

ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)

Data from 1971 to 2024

Last updated 8 Sep 2025

Neonatal, Perinatal and Maternal Vital Statistics from 1971 onwards

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NeonatalPerinatalandMaternalVitalStatisticsfrom1971onwards.csv (54 rows, 905 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Neonatal Mortality Numeric	Perinatal Mortality Numeric	Maternal Mortality Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
1971	660	996	10
1972	714	1027	18
1973	689	973	7
1974	523	788	8
1975	407	668	12
1976	353	634	6
1977	357	622	6
1978	381	604	8
1979	398	611	3
1980	366	556	2

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Neonatal Mortality	neonatal_mortality	Numeric	-	Neonatal mortality refers to death of persons under 28 days of age
Perinatal Mortality	perinatal_mortality	Numeric	-	Perinatal mortality refers to still birth and deaths of persons under seven days of age
Maternal Mortality	maternal_mortality	Numeric	-	Maternal mortality refers to deaths of mothers owing to deliveries and complications arising from pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_e4ce2fa3be49ca007ef72fbcefb997ef"
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). Neonatal, Perinatal and Maternal Vital Statistics from 1971 onwards (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e4ce2fa3be49ca007ef72fbcefb997ef/view

About this dataset

Contact

ICA_Data_Management@ica.gov.sg

Created on

07 Apr 2016

Licence

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

Agency

ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)