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Infant Deaths by Ethnic Group from 1971 onwards

ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)

Data from 1971 to 2024

Last updated 8 Sep 2025

Infant Deaths by Ethnic Group from 1971 onwards

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InfantDeathsbyEthnicGroupfrom1971onwards.csv (216 rows, 4.4 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Ethnic Group Text	Infant Deaths Numeric	Infant Mortality Rate Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% Malays25.0% Others25.0% Chinese25.0% Indians25.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
1971	Chinese	658	18.5
1971	Malays	203	28
1971	Indians	70	22.7
1971	Others	17	14.9
1972	Chinese	677	17.9
1972	Malays	195	25.7
1972	Indians	55	17.7
1972	Others	27	22.9
1973	Chinese	692	18.5
1973	Malays	217	31.4

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Ethnic Group	ethnic_group	Text	-	-
Infant Deaths	infant_deaths	Numeric	-	Refers to death of persons under one year of age
Infant Mortality Rate	infant_mortality_rate	Numeric	-	From 1980 onwards the rate is based on resident live births only

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f1d48318a55053833d9558cf215ffa39"
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). Infant Deaths by Ethnic Group from 1971 onwards (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f1d48318a55053833d9558cf215ffa39/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)