Infant Mortality Rates

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                              1993                  1971-93
                                                   Reduction
                        (per '000 live births)        (%)
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   Infant Mortality

      Total                      74                   43

      Urban                      45                   45
      Rural                      82                   41
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There is a great deal of heterogeneity between infant mortality in the various states.

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Last updated: August 1995.