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This is a list of U.S. states, the District of Columbia and territories by infant mortality rates in 2021. 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 child mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants ...
A second case of white-nose syndrome was detected in Washington in April 2017. The infected bat was a Yuma myotis (Myotis yumanensis), which was the first time the disease has been found in this species. [73] In March 2017, the fungus was found on bats in six north Texas counties, bringing the number of states with the fungus to 33.
The general assembly of North Carolina considered a bill in 2007 that would have made Rafinesque's big-eared bat as its state bat. The bill passed 92-15, but died in the state senate. [ 3 ] In 2020, the big brown bat was designated the official state mammal of the District of Columbia . [ 4 ]
For infants of American Indian or Alaska Native women, mortality rates climbed by over 20% from about 7.4 deaths per 1,000 births to over 9 deaths per 1,000 births. Infant mortality rates for ...
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Researchers found that after the ruling, overall infant mortality increased by 7% and increased by 10% for infants with disabilities. Also, about 80% of those additional infant deaths could be ...
The under-five mortality rate for the world is 39 deaths according to the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO). 5.3 million children under age five died in 2018, 14,722 every day. [1] [2] [3] 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 ...
According to Danielle Ely, a co-author of the report and a health statistician at the health statistics center, “there were a number of states that had increases in the number of infant deaths ...