Birth Defects or Congenital Anomalies

• Number of infant deaths: 3,970
• Infant deaths per 100,000 live births: 108.2
• Cause of infant death rank: 1

Source: Mortality in the United States, 2022, data table for figure 5

• Birth Data
• Mortality Statistics
• National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Birth defects