Medical Xpress November 15, 2024
The U.S. infant mortality rate did not change from 2022 to 2023 and was 5.61 per 1,000 live births in 2023, according to the Nov. 14 National Vital Statistics Reports.
Danielle M. Ely, Ph.D., and Anne K. Driscoll, Ph.D., from the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, present provisional 2023 data on infant mortality rates using linked birth/infant death files. Comparisons were made between provisional 2023 and final 2022 data.
The researchers found that the U.S. provisional infant mortality rate in 2023 was 5.61 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, which was unchanged from the 2022 rate. Changes in the neonatal mortality rate (from 3.59 to 3.65) and postneonatal mortality rate (from...
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