Infant mortality facts for kids
Infant mortality is a measure of how many babies die during the first 12 months after birth. It is usually measured as being a number of deaths for every thousand births. The rate of infant mortality in a given place is the total number of babies dying under one year of age divided by the total number of live births during the year, then all multiplied by 1,000. For example, in 2009 the infant mortality rate in the USA was 6.8. That means for every 1000 births, 6.8 babies will die before the age of one.
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Infant mortality rates are higher in countries with higher economic inequality
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Infant mortality rate by region
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Life expectancy at birth by region
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1906 headline imploring parents to attend to the cleanliness of their infants, and to expose them to the "clean air" outdoors.
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Data indicating the IMR disparity between infants Non-Hispanic black mothers and infants of white or Hispanic mothers in the United States from 2000 to 2010.
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This 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld depicts the death of Bathsheba's first child with David, who lamented, "I shall go to him, but he will not return to me" (Samuel%2012:23;&version=KJV; 2 Samuel 12:23)
See also
In Spanish: Mortalidad infantil para niños
