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  2. Infant mortality - Wikipedia

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    Pasteurization of milk also helped the United States combat infant mortality in the early 1900s, as it helped curb disease in infants. [173] These factors, on top of a general increase in the standard of living in urban areas, helped the United States make dramatic improvements to their rates of infant mortality in the early 20th century.

  3. Death rates in the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1900s, 6–9 women died in pregnancy-related complications for every 1,000 births, while 100 infants died before they were 1 year old. In 1999, at the end of the century, the infant mortality rate in the United States declined more than 90% to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 live births.

  4. Mortality in the early modern period - Wikipedia

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    The early modern age saw various economic changes as well as several significant diseases that have affected the mortality rates. Data collection during this time was not consistent or broadly recorded and there have been efforts to reconstruct plausible statistics. [ 1 ]

  5. Home birth - Wikipedia

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    Over a similar time period, maternal mortality during childbirth fell during 1900 to 1997 from 6–9 deaths per thousand to 0.077 deaths per thousand, while the infant mortality rate dropped between 1915 and 1997 from around 100 deaths per thousand births to 7.2 deaths per thousand. [26]

  6. Early modern period - Wikipedia

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    These statistics are measured for infant deaths within the first month of every 1,000 births in a given area. [153] For instance, the average infant mortality rate in what is now Germany was 108 infant deaths for every 1,000 births; in Bavaria, there were 140–190 infant deaths reported for every 1,000 births. [153]

  7. Fort Worth’s maternal, infant mortality rates are alarming ...

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    Tarrant County Public Health released a data brief in August 2022 showing that in 2019 Tarrant County had the fourth highest infant mortality rate among all Texas counties, with a rate of 5.55 ...

  8. Epidemiological transition - Wikipedia

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    In early pre-agricultural history, infant mortality rates were high and average life expectancy low. Today, life expectancy in developing countries remains relatively low, as in many Sub-Saharan African nations where it typically doesn't exceed 60 years of age. [8]

  9. New Data Shows Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates in ... - AOL

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    This morning, March of Dimes, a nonprofit that works to improve the health of mothers and babies, released its annual report card of the United States’ progress on combatting maternal and infant ...