The U.S. infant mortality rate was around 5.61 deaths per 1,000 live births, while New Hampshire's rate was just under 3. Mississippi had the highest rate, with nearly nine infant deaths.

Black infants died at a rate of 10.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, the CDC said. Infant mortality rates remained relatively unchanged from 2022 to 2023, but racial and ethnic disparities still ...

It’s reduced the Black infant mortality rate to nine deaths for every thousand live births – the first time it’s been in the single digits since recording began. Ohio’s infant mortality rate is among ...

Per 1,000 live births, the observed infant mortality rate caused by congenital abnormalities was 1.37 compared with an expected rate of 1.24, resulting in a relative increase of 10.87%.

Infant mortality rates have increased in states that adopted abortion bans after the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, according to a new study. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School o… ...

The infant mortality rate started a long slide from 165 per 1,000 in 1900 to 7 per 1,000 in 1997. The health of older children also improved.

ADPH says the infant mortality rate of 7.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023 increased from the state’s 2022 rate of 6.7, which was Alabama’s lowest overall infant mortality rate ever.

Maternal mortality and birth complications are a big factor, causing a 9% spike in infant deaths from 2021 to 2022 alone. The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v.

In the past decade, the state’s infant mortality rate was the highest in 2017, with 6.3 of every 1000 babies dying. The rate fell to 5.3 in 2021 but ticked back up to 5.6 in 2022, DHS reported.

Infant mortality rates in the United States increased by 3% in 2022, according to a new federal report published early Thursday morning. Researchers from the Center for Disease Control and ...

July 25, 2024 The U.S. infant mortality rate has risen for the first time in 20 years, CDC says There were 5.61 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022. Yet, that is still 19% lower than in 2002 ...

The infant mortality rate is the statistic used to describe how many infant deaths there are for every 1,000 births, according to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.