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QuickStats: Infant, Neonatal, and Postneonatal Annual Mortality Rates*
--- United States, 1940--2003
* Deaths per 1,000 live births for each group: infant (age <1 year), neonatal (age <28 days), and postneonatal (age 28
days to <1 year).
Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal annual mortality rates in the United States mostly
declined during 19402003. The most recent data indicate that, from 2002 to 2003, the infant mortality
rate declined from 6.97 per 1,000 live births to 6.85, and the postneonatal mortality rate declined
from 2.31 to 2.23. The neonatal rate did not change significantly.
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