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25 lip 2024 · Infant mortality and mortality rates are described by age at death, maternal race and Hispanic origin, maternal age, gestational age, leading causes of death, and maternal state of residence. Infant mortality trends are also presented by selected characteristics.
• In 2019–2021, the overall infant mortality rate for the United States was 5.48 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. Infant mortality rates were highest among infants of Black women (10.52), followed by infants of American Indian and Alaska Native (7.69), Hispanic (4.84), White (4.42), and Asian (3.40) women (Table 1, Figure 1).
What are the mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death and for infant deaths overall? The infant mortality rate (IMR) increased 3.1% from 543.6 infant deaths per 100,000 live births in 2021 to 560.4 in 2022. Causes of infant death are ranked according to number of infant deaths (1). The 10 leading
18 paź 2024 · In both 2021 and 2022, the children of Black mothers in the United States had the highest infant mortality rate, at almost 11 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Infant Mortality Rate by Race Ethnicity, 2021. Infant mortality rate, per 1,000 live births. Infants are defined as children under one year of age. Data reported represent mother’s race and ...
Inconsistencies in reporting race for the same infant between the birth and death certificates can result in underestimated infant mortality rates for races other than White or Black. Infant mortality rates for additional population groups are available from the Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set.
Black (10.9 per 1,000) and AIAN (9.1 per 1,000) infants were at least two times as likely to die as White infants (4.5 per 1,000) as of 2022. Black and AIAN women also had the highest rates...
