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Birthrate declines while infant mortality spikes
SocietyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Total of 38,689 mothers delivered 38,867 children (live births) in the first six months of 2016. The birthrate decreased by 1,333 mothers or 3.3 percent and 1,385 children or 3.4 percent compared to the same period of last year.
Infant mortality was counted at 810, indicating increase of 180 newborns or 28.6 percent, under-five mortality reached 953, showing increase of 215 children or 29.1 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
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