How to Use infant mortality in a Sentence

infant mortality

noun

• At the time of Lizzie's birth, infant mortality was sky high .
  — Dominique Janee, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2023
• Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant mortality in the US.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• At the same time, the infant mortality rate has increased.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
• The infant mortality rate was over 10 for mothers younger than age 24.
  — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2023
• 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
• Preterm birth is the largest risk factor for infant mortality.
  — Amanda Musa, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023
• Nationwide, the rates of infant mortality are increasing for the first time in decades, Ms. Hochul said.
  — Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• The infant mortality rate in the Irish community at the time was 25 percent.
  — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 14 Jan. 2024
• The state’s infant mortality rate is higher than the national average, and Black infants die at twice the rate of white ones.
  — Amy Yurkanin | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2023
• The researchers point to high infant mortality rates, along with deaths caused by guns and drug overdoses, as some of the reasons for the disparity.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 2 July 2024
• The infant mortality rate also increased, while the death rate for all other age groups decreased.
  — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
• Death rates fell for all age groups 15 and older, though infant mortality increased.
  — Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
• At the same time, infant mortality in counties increased by 8%.
  — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
• Related:Why is the Black infant mortality rate in Wisconsin still three times higher than the white rate?
  — Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2024
• Couples raised many children to adulthood at a time when infant mortality was high.
  — Karin Schlott, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
• Of course, many people lived longer than this — the overall number is drawn down largely because infant mortality was high back then.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
• Much like the preterm birth rate, the U.S. infant mortality rate is much higher than in comparable countries.
  — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 17 Nov. 2023
• The data marks the second year-over-year increase in the nation’s infant mortality rate, following more than two decades of declines.
  — Mckenzie Beard, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• Alabama’s infant mortality rate is also one of the highest in the United States.
  — Williesha Morris | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2023
• Although Black people in the study had higher rates of deaths from preventable causes and infant mortality, most were insured.
  — Eleanore Catolico, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2024
• The leading causes of excess death and years of life lost, according to the study, include infant mortality, heart disease and cancer.
  — Akilah Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
• In all other states, excluding Texas, infant mortality only increased by 1.8% -- a far smaller increase than the jump in death rates in Texas.
  — Dr. Sejal Parekh, ABC News, 24 June 2024
• And there would be 508 fewer cases of infant mortality.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2024
• One problem the endowment is addressing is the maternal and infant mortality rate across the state.
  — Megan Woolard, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2023
• Our research on infant mortality in Texas after the passage of such a bill shows that these laws endanger maternal and infant health.
  — Alison Gemmill, Scientific American, 3 July 2024
• Because the number of babies born in the U.S. varies from year to year, researchers instead calculate rates to better compare infant mortality over time.
  — CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
• Authors of the study describe it as a call to action to improve the health of Black Americans, whose early deaths are fueled by higher rates of heart disease, cancer, and infant mortality.
  — Liz Szabo, Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2023
• Evans fears that things like preterm deliveries, infant mortality and low-birthweight babies — a measure in which the county already ranks poorly — are bound to get worse.
  — Claire Rush and Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• And so that will also contribute to infant mortality because once those infants are born, they're counted in these numbers.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• In fact, other recent research has shown that birth rates and infant mortality have increased following the Dobbs decision.
  — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024