infant mortality
noun
: the number of infants who die each year
The government is trying to reduce infant mortality.
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The infant mortality rate, or deaths per 1000 live births, increased by 8.3% from 2021 to 2022.
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Dr. Sejal Parekh, ABC News, 24 June 2024
In that same time period, infant mortality rates rose 8.3% in Texas, compared with an increase of 2.2% in the rest of the nation.
—Rob Kuznia, CNN, 24 June 2024
Health — Total points: 16.67; 146 Health looked at infant mortality rate, average life expectancy in years, hospital beds per capita and quality of public hospital system.
—Alexa Dikos, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
And the system is highly effective: life expectancy in Canada is 82 years, and the infant mortality rate is 4.5 deaths per 1,000 births—better on both counts than in the United States, where life expectancy is 79 years and the infant mortality rate is 5.8 deaths per 1,000 births.
—William C. Hsiao, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
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Dr. Sejal Parekh, ABC News, 24 June 2024
In that same time period, infant mortality rates rose 8.3% in Texas, compared with an increase of 2.2% in the rest of the nation.
—Rob Kuznia, CNN, 24 June 2024
Health — Total points: 16.67; 146 Health looked at infant mortality rate, average life expectancy in years, hospital beds per capita and quality of public hospital system.
—Alexa Dikos, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
And the system is highly effective: life expectancy in Canada is 82 years, and the infant mortality rate is 4.5 deaths per 1,000 births—better on both counts than in the United States, where life expectancy is 79 years and the infant mortality rate is 5.8 deaths per 1,000 births.
—William C. Hsiao, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
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“Infant mortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infant%20mortality. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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