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Infant mortality rate compares the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
In 2022, 15 states met the Healthy People 2030 target of 5.0 infant deaths or less per 1,000 live births. Geographically, infant mortality rates in 2022 were highest among states in the South and in the Midwest.
The infant mortality rate in the United States was 5.36 in 2021. This rate was 57th among the 195 countries and territories measured and significantly higher than in dozens of other developed countries , such as Sweden (2.01), Japan (1.74), and Australia (3.16).
Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest neonatal mortality rate in the world at 27 deaths per 1000 live births, followed by central and southern Asia, with a neonatal mortality rate of 21 deaths per 1000 live births.
The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. The infant mortality rate of the world in 2019 was 28 according to the United Nations [4] and the projected estimate for 2020 was 30.8 according to the CIA World ...
The U.S. infant mortality rate was 5.61 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, a 3% increase from the rate of 5.44 in 2021. The neonatal mortality rate increased 3% from 3.49 in 2021 to 3.59 in 2022, and the postneonatal mortality rate increased 4% from 1.95 to 2.02.
The provisional infant mortality rate for the United States in 2022 was 5.60 infant deaths per 1,000 live births (that rate was 5.44 in 2021). The total number of infant deaths for 2022 was 20,538. This was a 3% increase over 2021 which had 19,928 infant deaths.
Results—A total of 20,577 infant deaths were reported in the United States in 2022, up 3% from 2021. The U.S. infant mortality rate was 5.61 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, a 3% increase from the rate of 5.44 in 2021.
This chart shows infant mortality rates between 2017 and 2020, using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States. This covers all infant deaths in the US that were registered with birth and death certificates.
Infant mortality rate. Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources. United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.