Definition: This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
See also: Infant mortality rate mapRelated News
US surpasses other industrialized countries in infant death rate
World Socialist Web Site - 5/9/2013 3:36:40 PM
A new report on motherhood paints a devastating portrait of social conditions for poor women and their babies around the world. In both developing and industrialized countries, the first month of birth is the most dangerous of an infant’s life.
Infant mortality rate India's enduring shame
Deccan Herald - 5/18/2013 11:54:14 PM
The economic boom being experienced by India masks a shameful failure to control a shocking rate ... infant deaths among the country’s poorest. Over 400,000 newborns die within the first 24 hours of their birth every year, the highest anywhere in the ...
REPORT: The U.S Has The Highest First-Day Infant Death Rate In The Industrialized World
Think Progress - 5/7/2013 5:26:25 PM
Each year, about one million infants around the world die on the same day they’re born. That figure includes about 11,300 U.S. babies — the highest first-day infant mortality rate of any other country in the industrialized world, according to a new ...
Nigeria struggles to shift maternal care to tackle mortality rate
United Press International - 5/23/2013 8:06:23 PM
IBADAN, Nigeria (GPI)--Mayowa Olumide is pregnant with her first child. She says she has struggled to obtain efficient maternal care at large public hospitals. But she is reluctant to take her chances with alternative health care providers.
One answer to reduce infant mortality
The Post and Courier - 5/23/2013 4:07:11 AM
It is shameful that the state’s infant mortality rate is the country’s highest. Mr. Keck is right to look for ways to address the problem. Doctors should cooperate and help develop a health care protocol that is compassionate and effective.
Canada has second-highest rate of first-day infant deaths in industrialized world: report
Montreal Gazette - 5/7/2013 7:06:37 PM
A report from international aid organization Save the Children assessed infant mortality data from 176 countries worldwide ... Canada had the second-highest rate of first-day infant mortality in the industrialized world, with roughly 900 babies _ or ...
Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates Reduced by Peer Support
Medscape News - 5/20/2013 11:23:13 PM
The researchers estimated that women's group intervention reduced maternal death by 74% (OR, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.10 - 0.70), neonatal mortality rate by 41% (OR ... and Care for Birmingham and the Black Country program. The authors of the Malawi study have ...
Population Council to measure Jordan's infant mortality rate
MENAFN - 5/20/2013 11:59:01 PM
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) The Higher Population Council (HPC) will embark on a survey next month to determine the rate of infant ... child mortality is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to be met by all the world's countries by 2015.
Mortality rates down at KU trauma, burn centers
LJWORLD - 5/20/2013 4:39:22 AM
Westwood — Mortality rates at the Kansas University Hospital trauma and burn units are among the lowest in the country, according to figures released this week. The Burnett Burn Center's mortality index is 0.58, indicating that 42 percent of patients who ...
Higher child marriage rates associated with higher maternal and infant mortality
Medical Xpress - 5/13/2013 8:54:02 PM
Countries with higher rates of child bride marriages have higher rates of maternal and infant mortality ... reduction in a country's maternal mortality rate. "Our analyses accounted for development indicators and world region, and still documented that ...
Panel: Infant death rate in Wyandotte County worst in country
KCTV5 News - 5/8/2013 10:22:53 AM
Unfortunately, many women in Wyandotte County don't get the much needed care. "We are really trying to get women in early for prenatal care. We are trying to provide them with all of the support they need so they will have healthy babies. Our real goal is ...
Higher child marriage rates linked to higher maternal and infant mortality
Webindia 123 - 5/13/2013 6:30:53 PM
Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality ... a country's maternal mortality rate. "Our analyses accounted for development indicators and world region, and still ...
Higher child marriage rates linked to high infant mortality
Times of India - 5/14/2013 2:11:59 PM
Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality ... country's maternal mortality rate. "Our analyses accounted for development indicators and world region ...
Child marriage increases risk for maternal and infant mortality, study reveals
News-Medical - 5/14/2013 4:53:39 AM
Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality ... a country's maternal mortality rate. "Our analyses accounted for development indicators and world region, and still ...
Awareness, assistance help reduce Pasco infant mortality rate
St. Petersburg Times - 5/17/2013 11:48:15 PM
"There are literally hundreds of factors that go into infant mortality." The number factors in all infant deaths ... caused by pregnant women using tobacco. Sometimes, intervening is easy: The coalition pays for cribs so parents don't have to ...
