The infant mortality rate is calculated by dividing the number of infants who die within one year of birth by the number of infants who are born. The infant mortality rate is usually expressed as ...

Infant mortality in the United States decreased by 24.2% between 1999 and 2022. Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU discovered this improvement ...

A new study found that U.S. infant mortality rates overall are dropping, but that rates of sudden unexpected infant death may have increased in recent years. By Catherine Pearson Rates of sudden ...

As a state, Michigan’s infant mortality rate has slowly been declining for years, reaching the lowest rate on record (6.1) in 2023. RELATED: Infant death rate dips to new low in Michigan The ...

Michigan’s infant mortality rate reached the lowest point on record in 2023. The state reported 607 infant deaths within their first year of life, compared to 99,178 live births, for a rate of 6 ...

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From 2005 to 2023, White infant deaths are highest but the mortality rate is highest among Black babies. For reference, the infant mortality rate refers to the death of a baby before their first ...

It focused on infant mortality rates both before and after the Dobbs ... pregnant people who need care that falls under the medical definition of abortion — and thereby doom their unborn to ...

Infant mortality in the United States decreased by 24.2% between 1999 and 2022. However, mortality rates from Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) rose significantly -- by 11.8% -- from 2020 to 2022.