While mortality in children declines globally, Ireland has seen no significant decline in mortality rates of older children since 2013 Ireland has seen a rise in its infant mortality rate, with ...

Infant mortality decreased overall, but sudden unexpected infant deaths rose. SUID rates were highest among American Indian/Alaska Native, Black and Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander infants.

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Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A report from the ...

In 2023, there was a drop in the maternal mortality rate for all but Black women, according to a Feb. 5 CDC report. The report collected maternal mortality rates for 2023 based on data from the ...

Could this loss have been prevented? As I recently began writing about infant mortality rates among Black babies in Michigan, I found myself dealing with those questions even more. The numbers are ...

A normal rate of growth means the child's growth ... Don't obsess about every up and down of your infant's growth chart. It's only potentially a problem when there is a persistent downward trend ...

It also found the infant mortality rate has "plateaued" and is higher than that of some other European countries. The Chair of the National Paediatric Mortality Registrer Governance Committee said ...

While overall infant mortality has dropped by 24% in the past two decades, researchers found that sudden unexpected infant death has jumped by 11%.

NEW YORK (AP) — Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as maternal mortality fell below prepandemic levels overall but ...