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QuickStats: Infant, Neonatal, and Postneonatal Mortality Rates* --- United States, 1940--2006

The figure shows infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates in the United States from 1940-2006. In the United States, the infant mortality rate decreased 86%, from 47.0 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 1940 to 6.7 in 2006. During the same period, the neonatal rate decreased 85%, from 28.8 to 4.5 deaths per
1,000 live births, and the postneonatal rate decreased 88%, from 18.3 to 2.2 deaths per 1,000 live births.

* Deaths per 1,000 live births for each group: infant (aged <1 year), neonatal (aged <28 days), and postneonatal (aged 28 days to <1 year).

In the United States, the infant mortality rate decreased 86%, from 47.0 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 1940 to 6.7 in 2006. During the same period, the neonatal rate decreased 85%, from 28.8 to 4.5 deaths per 1,000 live births, and the postneonatal rate decreased 88%, from 18.3 to 2.2 deaths per 1,000 live births.

SOURCE: Heron MP, Hoyert DL, Murphy SL, Xu JQ, Kochanek KD, Tejada-Vera B. Deaths: final data for 2006. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2009;57(14). Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_14.pdf.

Alternative Text: The figure above shows infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates in the United States from 1940-2006. In the United States, the infant mortality rate decreased 86%, from 47.0 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 1940 to 6.7 in 2006. During the same period, the neonatal rate decreased 85%, from 28.8 to 4.5 deaths per 1,000 live births, and the postneonatal rate decreased 88%, from 18.3 to 2.2 deaths per 1,000 live births.

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