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	Infant mortality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Infant mortality is the death of infants in the first year of life.
		Infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of newborns dying under a year of age divided by the number of live births during the year.
		Infant mortality rate is commonly included as a part of standard of living evaluations in economics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Infant_mortality (677 words)

	INFANT MORTALITY RATE DROPS TO ALL-TIME LOW
		The infant mortality rate for 2002 was 7.2 deaths per 1,000 live births, a decline of 3.6 percent from the 7.5 rate recorded in 2001 (the previous record low).
		The death rate for African-American children in Chicago was 14.8 in 2002, down slightly from the 15.1 deaths per 1,000 live births recorded in 2001, while deaths for white infants declined from 5.5 in 2001 to 5.1 in 2002.
		The infant mortality rate is figured annually by taking the number of children who die before reaching 1 year of age and dividing that figure by the number of babies born in -more- add 2 the same year, then multiplying by 1,000.
	www.idph.state.il.us /public/press04/3.31.04.htm (821 words)

	Infant Mortality Rate Jumps in the District
		The infant mortality rate for African Americans, who comprise the vast majority of D.C. newborns, surged from 15 in 1998 to 18.5 the next year, and the white rate rose even more dramatically, from 3.1 to 8.2.
		Infant deaths increased in Wards 3, 4 and 6, but the worst statistics by far were recorded in Ward 8, the area east of the Anacostia River that has the city's largest population and its highest concentration of poor children and families.
		The District made progress in reducing fl infant mortality since it peaked in 1990 at 23 deaths per 1,000 live births – a rate found in undeveloped nations.
	www.runet.edu /~econ-web/infant.htm (610 words)

	Infant Mortality -- United States, 1993
		The 1993 final infant mortality (death before age 1 year) rate for the United States -- 8.4 infant deaths per 1000 live-born infants -- was the lowest rate ever recorded and represented a decrease of 1.8% from the rate of 8.5 for 1992.
		The mortality rate for white infants in 1993 (6.8 per 1000) decreased 1.4% from the rate in 1992 (6.9), and the rate for fl infants in 1993 (16.5) decreased 1.9% from the rate in 1992 (16.8).
		Race-specific differences in infant mortality also were reflected in the rank order of the leading causes of infant death and in the rate of change of specific causes (Table_1).
	www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00040643.htm (1511 words)

	Dorlands Medical Dictionary
		The crude death rate is the ratio of the number of deaths in a geographic area in one year divided by the average or midyear population in the area during the year.
		An age-specific death rate is the ratio of the number of deaths occurring in a specified age group in one year to the average or midyear population of that group.
		maternal mortality rate, a rate in which the numerator is the number of maternal deaths ascribed to puerperal causes in one year; the number of live births in that year is often used as the denominator although to make a true rate the denominator should be the number of pregnancies (live births and fetal deaths).
	www.mercksource.com /pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_r_03zPzhtm (4785 words)

	N C H S - 2004 Fact Sheet - New CDC Report Confirms Increase in Infant Mortality Rate
		Infant mortality rates were higher for infants whose mothers had no prenatal care, were teenagers, had less education, or were unmarried.
		Infant mortality rates are higher for infants of women who were born in the United States, compared with women born outside the United States.
		Infant mortality rates are higher for male infants, multiple births, and infants born preterm or at low birthweight.
	www.cdc.gov /nchs/pressroom/04facts/infant.htm (543 words)

	Infant mortality rate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nationally, there were 7.0 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2002, compared to 6.8 infant deaths the previous year.
		The overall death rate among neonatal infants during their first 27 days of life was 3.6, whereas the rate among infants 28 to 365 days old was 3.0 deaths per 1,000.
		In 2002 the leading causes of infant deaths were congenital abnormalities (17), followed by low birthweight/immaturity (16), sudden infant death syndrome (13), perinatal complications (9), accidents (2), and all other causes (13).
	www.state.sd.us /doh/news/2004/infant.htm (284 words)

	Pittsburgh's black infant mortality rate drops
		Pittsburgh's fl infant death rate averaged 17.23 per 1,000 live births over those three years, compared with the 23.8 deaths per 1,000 in 1991-93 that was reported in the first PG Benchmarks.
		Infant mortality is a widely used measure of health care quality because so many factors can affect the health of a newborn -- quality of care, access to care, socioeconomic status, mother's age and lifestyle factors such as smoking, drug use and diet.
		The rate for all infant deaths in the city, 11.4 per 1,000, and in the county, 8.1 per 1,000, both exceeded the overall rate of 7.1 deaths per 1,000 found in the state and the nation as a whole.
	www.post-gazette.com /benchmarks/20011014black1014bnp3.asp (738 words)

	DHECNEWS -- 2000 infant mortality rate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 2000 infant mortality rate of 8.7 per 1,000 live births is a 15.5 percent drop from the 1999 rate of 10.3.
		Infant mortality is used as a marker to indicate the general well-being of a society.
		The national rate is at an historic low of 7.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1999, the latest year for which statistics are available.
	web04.dmz.dhec.sc.gov /news/releases/2002/nr02infants02.htm (543 words)

	Infant Mortality Rate Remains at All-Time Low (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The infant mortality rate is figured annually by taking the number of children who die before they reach 12 months of age and dividing that by the number of babies born in that same year, then multiplying by 1,000.
		Chicago’s 1998 infant mortality rate was 10.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, up slightly from the all-time low of 10.7 reported in 1997.
		The infant mortality rate has gone from 11.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1989 to 10.7 in 1990, 10.7 in 1991, 10.0 in 1992, 9.6 in 1993, 9.0 in 1994, 9.3 in 1995, 8.4 in 1996 and 8.2 in 1997 and 1998.
	www.idph.state.il.us /public/press00/infant98.htm (503 words)

	The Mountaineer: Infant mortality rate rises in North Carolina
		The state’s overall infant mortality rate was 8.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2004.
		Experts believe that the simultaneous increase in infant deaths and decrease in fetal deaths in 2004 may be attributable, at least in part, to the fact that many fragile babies that previously would have died before birth are now being delivered alive, but then are not healthy enough to survive the first year of life.
		Although infant mortality rates rose for the state as a whole, two regions in North Carolina — the westernmost counties and central eastern counties — experienced reductions in infant mortality, decreasing 27.7 percent and 6.9 percent respectively.
	www.themountaineer.com /archives/2005/09/12/community_infantmortalityrater.html (896 words)

	Preventing Infant Mortality -
		Between 1998 and 1999, the mortality rate for white infants decreased 3 percent to 5.8 deaths per 1,000 live births, while the rate for fl infants was 14.6, not statistically different from the 1998 rate.
		Infants born to teenage mothers are at higher risk of being born low birthweight babies and have a higher mortality rate.
		Reducing infant mortality is one of the major goals of Healthy People 2010, the nation's prevention initiative developed by HHS in partnership with the private sector, universities, state and local health departments and community groups.
	library.adoption.com /Laws/Preventing-Infant-Mortality/article/6357/1.html (1817 words)

	Infant mortality rate rises in U.S. \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The rate of infant deaths was 7.0 per 1,000 births, compared with 6.8 per 1,000 births in 2001 — or about 500 more babies dying mostly from medical conditions and other causes before their first birthday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
		The rate of infant mortality — considered a key indicator of the nation's health — had steadily declined since 1958.
		Black infants are more than twice as likely as white infants to die in the first year of life — a trend continued in 2002.
	www.ajc.com /news/content/news/0204/12infantmortality.html (844 words)

	Infant Mortality Fact Sheet
		Infant mortality is used to compare the health and well-being of populations across and within countries.
		The infant mortality rate, the rate at which babies less than one year of age die, has continued to steadily decline over the past several decades, from 26.0 per 1,000 live births in 1960 to 6.9 per 1,000 live births in 2000.
		Infant mortality among African Americans in 2000 occurred at a rate of 14.1 deaths per 1,000 live births.
	www.cdc.gov /omh/AMH/factsheets/infant.htm (571 words)

	The First Measured Century: Timeline: Data - Mortality
		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 the ratio of infant deaths per one thousand live births.
		Thus, the dramatic declines in infant and child mortality in the twentieth century were accompanied by equally stunning increases in life expectancy.
	www.pbs.org /fmc/timeline/dmortality.htm (452 words)

	infant mortality - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about infant mortality
		Measure of the number of infants dying under one year of age, usually expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births.
		Improved sanitation, nutrition, and medical care have considerably lowered figures throughout much of the world; for example, in the 18th century in the USA and UK infant mortality was about 500/1,000 compared with under 10/1,000 in 1989.
		The lowest infant mortality rate is in Japan, at 4.5/1,000 live births.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /infant+mortality (163 words)

	infant mortality rate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	www.baby-galaxy.com /articles/19/infant-mortality-rate.html (488 words)

	The Digital Courier: County infant mortality rate drops in 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Last year, the county's infant mortality rate -- based on deaths of babies under one year of age -- was 10.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in Rutherford County.
		The North Carolina infant mortality rate averaged 8.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2003, the same as 2002, which was the lowest in the state's history, reported the DHHS.
		Placing infants on their backs when they sleep is important for reducing the risk of SIDS and last year, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the 2003 Prevent SIDS law requiring licensed childcare providers to position babies 12 months of age or under on their backs for sleeping.
	www.thedigitalcourier.com /articles/2004/08/25/news/news03.txt (582 words)

	Infant mortality rate decreasing - UNICEF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"The indicators of infant mortality have decreased in the country, which is one of the major results of the implementation of the CPC," Tanzila Norbaeva, head of the secretariat on social protection for family, motherhood and childhood under the Uzbek government, said, echoing Vigo's remarks.
		According to the Uzbek National Statistics Commission, the under-one infant mortality rate in the country was 18.7 per 1,000 live births in 2000, while in 2004 that figure went down to 16.5 per 1,000 live births.
		Infant deaths in the perinatal period accounted for 32.7 percent and according to the recent casual analysis of infant deaths conducted by UNICEF in 2002, 50 percent of newborns who died were born at full term and appropriate to the gestational age weight, which indicated a low quality of available care.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=44636 (471 words)

	Report finds state's infant mortality rate on rise - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		While infant mortality was on the decline during the 1990s nationally, Hawai'i's rate of infant deaths rose in the past six years to rank the state 37th in the nation in the Kids Count 2003 Data Book released today.
		In Hawai'i, infant mortality rates — the number of children who die before their first birthdays compared to the number of live births in a particular year — were relatively low during the 90s, but started to rise in 1997.
		Hawai'i's teen birth rate, the number of births per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17, fell to 23 per 1,000 in 2000, from 32 in 1990, ranking Hawai'i at 23rd in the nation; nationally the rate was 27.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2003/Jun/11/ln/ln33a.html (573 words)

	USATODAY.com - Infant mortality rate increases for the first time in four decades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Still, the 2002 infant mortality rate — 7 per 1,000 live births — is a significant improvement from 1958, when there were more than 29 deaths per 1,000 live births.
		Most of the recent rise in infant deaths was attributed to neonates — babies less than 28 days old — particularly infants who died within the first week of life.
		Some experts suggest that part of the death rate may be caused by wider use of fertility treatment, resulting in more multiple births as well as babies born prematurely or with low birth weight.
	www.usatoday.com /news/health/2004-02-11-infant-mortality_x.htm (536 words)

	Rate, infant mortality definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Rate, infant mortality: The number of children dying under a year of age divided by the number of live births that year.
		The infant mortality rate is an important measure of the well-being of infants, children, and pregnant women because it is associated with a variety of factors, such as maternal health, quality and access to medical care, socioeconomic conditions, and public health practices.
		Infant mortality has dropped for all race and ethnic groups over time, but there are still substantial racial and ethnic disparities in infant mortality.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5218 (540 words)

	Summary and Findings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The number of children who die before their first birthday is reflected in the Infant Mortality Rate, defined as the number of deaths to persons less than 1 year old per 1,000 live births during the year.
		The Infant Mortality Rate in America’s largest cities (8.0 deaths per 1,000 births in 1999) is 11 percent higher than the rate for the nation as a whole (6.9 in 1999).
		It is important to note, however, that the rates in both New Hampshire and Delaware are based on a relatively small number of infant deaths and may not be a very good gauge of the underlying risk of death.
	www.aecf.org /kidscount/databook/summary/summary4.htm (652 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / US infant-mortality rate increases for first time in 40 years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nevertheless, the surprising increase has raised alarm because the infant mortality rate is considered a fundamental measure of a society's well-being.
		So government scientists were caught off guard when a preliminary analysis of the most recent data showed that the infant mortality rate had inched up 3 percent, climbing from 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2001 to 7.0 deaths in 2002.
		When researchers parsed the data, they found the increase was caused by a jump in deaths in the first week of life among babies who were born with birth defects, were unusually small, or were born to mothers who had complications during their pregnancies, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, Martin said.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/02/12/us_infant_mortality_rate_increases_for_first_time_in_40_years (944 words)

	GN Online: UAE records sharp decline in infant mortality rate
		From 35 per 1,000 in 1970, the birth rate in the UAE declined to 30 per 1,000 in 1980 and plunged to only 17 per 1,000 in 2000 before stabilising in the past three years.
		Experts attributed the rapid growth in the UAE to an improvement in life expectancy, a sharp cut in infant mortality and a massive expatriate influx.
		Infant mortality rate was also sharply cut from 10.9 per 1,000 in 1970 to 3.0 per 1,000 in 2000, the lowest in the Arab world.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=111780 (743 words)

	Infant mortality rate shows 'significant' increase - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Infant mortality in the United States rose for the first time in more than 40 years in 2002, but federal analysts are not ready to say this could be the start of an alarming trend.
		In contrast, there was a 3 percent drop in the late fetal mortality rate, while the rate for children beyond neonatal remained constant.
		Martin said, the mortality rate climbed from 5.7 deaths per 1,000 births in 2001 to 5.9 per 1,000 births in 2002.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20040211-102136-1693r.htm (544 words)

	U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Rises 3% (washingtonpost.com)
		Regardless of the cause, the surprising increase has raised alarm because the infant mortality rate is considered a fundamental measure of a society's well-being.
		So government scientists were caught off guard when a preliminary analysis of the most recent data showed that the infant mortality rate had inched up -- climbing from 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2001 to 7.0 deaths in 2002 -- a 3 percent increase.
		When researchers parsed the data, they found the increase was caused by a jump in deaths in the first week of life among babies who were either born with birth defects, who were unusually small or whose mothers had complications during their pregnancies, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, Martin said.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A34507-2004Feb11 (936 words)

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