Vital statistics rates - Island of Mauritius, 1921 - 2016 Crude Birth rate = the number of live births registered in a year per 1,000 mid-year population Crude Death rate= the number of deaths in a year per 1,000 mid-year population Infant mortality rate= the number of infant deaths in a year per 1,000 live births during the year Still birth rate =the number of still births in a year per 1,000 total births (live births and still births) during the year Mariage rate =the number of persons married in a year per 1,000 mid-year population 1941-45 = Infant mortality rate - the rate reached 188.0 in 1945 when there were poliomyelitis,and dysentryepidemics 1946-50 = Infant Mortality rate = the rate reached 186.2 in 1948 when there was an epidemic of whooping cough Source: Statistics Mauritius Published and converted to CSV by: CISD