Infant Mortality Statistics

Infant Mortality Rate, Illinois Residents, 1920-2018

Detailed Data

Year	Deaths	Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
2018	943	6.5
2017	912	6.1
2016	985	6.4
2015	952	6
2014	1,044	6.6
2013	942	6
2012	1,032	6.5
2011	1,062	6.6
2010	1,116	6.8
2009	1,176	6.9
2008	1,263	7.2
2007	1,196	6.6
2006	1,343	7.4
2005	1,294	7.2
2004	1,317	7.3
2003	1,380	7.6
2002	1,304	7.2
2001	1,379	7.5
2000	1,528	8.3
1999	1,504	8.3
1998	1,505	8.2
1997	1,476	8.2
1996	1,536	8.4
1995	1,724	9.3
1994	1,711	9
1993	1,838	9.6
1992	1,911	10
1991	2,068	10.7
1990	2,090	10.7
1989	2,217	11.7
1988	2,077	11.2
1987	2,094	11.6
1986	2,125	12
1985	2,103	11.6
1984	2,148	12
1983	2,208	12.3
1982	2,492	13.6
1981	2,561	13.9
1980	2,788	14.7
1979	2,778	15.1
1978	2,731	15.7
1977	2,824	15.9
1976	2,843	16.7
1975	3,107	18.4
1974	3,271	19.4
1973	3,398	20.1
1972	3,618	20.3
1971	4,107	21
1970	4,415	21.5
1969	4,387	22.4
1968	4,536	23.5
1967	4,611	23.6
1966	5,121	25.4
1965	5,339	25.7
1964	5,590	25.2
1963	5,372	23.9
1962	5,527	24
1961	5,757	24.3
1960	5,959	25
1959	5,990	25
1958	5,857	25
1957	6,070	25.4
1956	5,642	24.6
1955	5,479	24.8
1954	5,442	25.1
1953	5,326	25.8
1952	5,115	24.9
1951	5,023	25
1950	4,855	25.6
1949	5,195	27.4
1948	5,123	27.7
1947	5,672	28.9
1946	5,316	30.4
1945	4,377	31.6
1944	4,602	32.4
1943	5,184	33.3
1942	5,170	33.1
1941	4,661	34.2
1940	4,398	35.3
1939	4,474	38
1938	5,016	40.9
1937	4,967	43.1
1936	5,246	46.8
1935	5,138	45.9
1934	5,825	52.8
1933	5,284	49
1932	5,884	52.8
1931	6,961	58.6
1930	7,152	55.8
1929	7,901	61.4
1928	8,326	64.2
1927	8,605	64.4
1926	9,294	69.4
1925	9,822	72.5
1924	9,734	71
1923	10,809	81.9
1922	10,195	76.1
1921	10,674	76.5
1920	10,641	89
1919	11,148	97.2
1918	13,109	110

Infant Deaths and Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) by Specified Demographics, Illinois Residents, 2018

Detailed Data

Infant Demographics	2015		2016		2017		2018
	Deaths	IMR	Deaths	IMR	Deaths	IMR	Deaths	IMR
Total	952	6	985	6.4	912	6.1	943	6.5
Sex
Male	550	6.8	548	6.9	532	7	540	7.3
Female	402	5.2	437	5.8	380	5.2	403	5.7
Age
Neonatal	667	4.2	697	4.5	629	4.2	661	4.6
Postneonatal	285	1.8	288	1.9	283	1.9	282	1.9
Race/Ethnicity
NH White	386	4.4	395	4.7	352	4.3	397	5
NH Black	343	12.6	354	13.4	351	13.2	347	13.7
NH Other	35	3.4	33	3.1	41	4	39	3.9
Hispanic	188	5.5	203	6.2	168	5.3	160	5.3

Infant Deaths and Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) by Resident County, Illinois Residents, 2015-2018

Resident County	2015		2016		2017		2018
	Deaths	IMR	Deaths	IMR	Deaths	IMR	Deaths	IMR
ILLINOIS	952	6.0	985	6.4	912	6.1	943	6.5
Adams	7	*	6	*	4	*	5	*
Alexander	2	*	1	*	0	*	0	*
Bond	1	*	0	*	0	*	2	*
Boone	2	*	1	*	1	*	7	*
Brown	0	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Bureau	3	*	2	*	0	*	1	*
Calhoun	1	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Carroll	0	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Cass	1	*	1	*	0	*	0	*
Champaign	12	5.0	20	8.4	15	6.5	25	11.1
Christian	2	*	1	*	2	*	3	*
Clark	0	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Clay	0	*	1	*	0	*	1	*
Clinton	2	*	2	*	2	*	1	*
Coles	4	*	7	*	2	*	2	*
Cook	479	7.0	474	7.1	394	6.1	418	6.8
Chicago	311	7.9	270	7.1	241	6.6	245	7.0
Suburban Cook	168	5.7	204	7.1	153	5.5	173	6.4
Crawford	1	*	0	*	1	*	0	*
Cumberland	1	*	0	*	0	*	1	*
DeKalb	4	*	4	*	6	*	7	*
DeWitt	2	*	0	*	0	*	3	*
Douglas	1	*	1	*	0	*	2	*
DuPage	33	3.0	40	3.7	38	3.7	40	3.9
Edgar	0	*	1	*	2	*	1	*
Edwards	1	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Effingham	5	*	5	*	0	*	3	*
Fayette	0	*	1	*	1	*	1	*
Ford	0	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Franklin	2	*	3	*	3	*	4	*
Fulton	3	*	3	*	1	*	1	*
Gallatin	1	*	0	*	1	*	2	*
Greene	0	*	0	*	1	*	1	*
Grundy	4	*	0	*	4	*	5	*
Hamilton	0	*	0	*	1	*	0	*
Hancock	1	*	0	*	1	*	2	*
Hardin	1	*	1	*	2	*	1	*
Henderson	0	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Henry	1	*	5	*	0	*	6	*
Iroquois	2	*	4	*	1	*	1	*
Jackson	4	*	3	*	3	*	4	*
Jasper	1	*	2	*	1	*	1	*
Jefferson	1	*	4	*	7	*	11	24.9
Jersey	4	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Jo Daviess	0	*	1	*	3	*	2	*
Johnson	1	*	2	*	0	*	1	*
Kane	33	4.9	39	5.8	19	3.0	37	5.8
Kankakee	9	*	14	10.3	15	11.6	6	*
Kendall	10	6.2	6	*	11	7.4	8	*
Knox	4	*	3	*	3	*	0	*
Lake	36	4.7	27	3.5	38	5.0	32	4.5
LaSalle	14	10.9	8	*	8	*	8	*
Lawrence	0	*	1	*	1	*	1	*
Lee	3	*	1	*	1	*	0	*
Livingston	4	*	2	*	0	*	3	*
Logan	3	*	2	*	2	*	1	*
McDonough	1	*	0	*	7	*	0	*
McHenry	14	4.3	12	3.9	9	*	10	3.3
McLean	19	8.9	8	*	16	8.0	11	6.0
Macon	14	10.2	9	*	10	7.7	10	7.9
Macoupin	4	*	3	*	3	*	2	*
Madison	21	6.8	23	7.5	23	8.0	29	10.1
Marion	4	*	2	*	1	*	7	*
Marshall	1	*	1	*	1	*	0	*
Mason	3	*	0	*	0	*	1	*
Massac	6	*	1	*	1	*	1	*
Menard	0	*	2	*	2	*	0	*
Mercer	0	*	0	*	2	*	0	*
Monroe	1	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Montgomery	2	*	2	*	1	*	7	*
Morgan	1	*	3	*	4	*	2	*
Moultrie	0	*	1	*	1	*	0	*
Ogle	1	*	6	*	3	*	3	*
Peoria	15	5.6	22	8.7	28	11.1	18	7.2
Perry	2	*	1	*	1	*	1	*
Piatt	1	*	0	*	1	*	0	*
Pike	0	*	1	*	4	*	3	*
Pope	0	*	0	*	0	*	1	*
Pulaski	0	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Putnam	0	*	1	*	0	*	0	*
Randolph	0	*	3	*	1	*	6	*
Richland	1	*	3	*	2	*	0	*
Rock Island	8	*	11	6.2	14	8.4	5	*
St. Clair	23	6.7	30	9.3	37	11.5	22	7.1
Saline	3	*	1	*	4	*	2	*
Sangamon	15	6.5	23	10.2	14	6.1	18	8.0
Schuyler	1	*	0	*	1	*	1	*
Scott	0	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Shelby	1	*	1	*	4	*	1	*
Stark	1	*	1	*	0	*	0	*
Stephenson	4	*	3	*	5	*	5	*
Tazewell	4	*	7	*	5	*	13	9.4
Union	1	*	2	*	1	*	0	*
Vermilion	8	*	16	15.7	11	11.2	12	12.9
Wabash	3	*	0	*	0	*	0	*
Warren	1	*	2	*	2	*	0	*
Washington	0	*	0	*	1	*	2	*
Wayne	2	*	1	*	3	*	3	*
White	0	*	2	*	0	*	0	*
Whiteside	1	*	0	*	6	*	4	*
Will	33	4.2	52	6.7	41	5.5	49	6.7
Williamson	6	*	1	*	9	*	5	*
Winnebago	20	5.5	25	6.7	35	10.0	21	6.0
Woodford	0	*	3	*	1	*	6	*

* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision

Infant Mortality Rates by Resident County, 5-year Moving Averages, Illinois Residents, Ending Years 2010-2018

Resident County	2006 - 2010	2007 - 2011	2008 - 2012	2009 - 2013	2010 - 2014	2011 - 2015	2012 - 2016	2013 - 2017	2014 - 2018
ILLINOIS	7	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.5	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.3
Adams	5.6	4.6	5.4	4.9	4.7	5.8	7	6.2	6.6
Alexander	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Bond	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Boone	5.3	6.4	6.5	5.4	5.7	5.2	3.5	*	4.8
Brown	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Bureau	5.7	*	5.6	6.8	*	*	5.7	*	*
Calhoun	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Carroll	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Cass	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Champaign	7.5	7.1	6.5	7.1	7.3	6.4	6.5	7	7.5
Christian	7.4	9.6	10	12.4	13	11.9	8.7	8.9	6.5
Clark	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Clay	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Clinton	4.8	4.8	5.8	5.8	4.8	4.7	5.2	4.7	*
Coles	6.8	5.8	7.5	7.8	7.4	7.8	9.3	7.5	7.1
Cook	7.4	7.3	7.3	7	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.6	6.7
Chicago	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.6	7.4	7.5	7.2	7	7.2
Suburban Cook	6.8	6.4	6.5	6.2	6.2	6	6.2	6	6.2
Crawford	13.2	14.7	13.6	14.4	13.3	11.4	*	*	*
Cumberland	16.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
DeKalb	7.1	6.3	6	5.8	5.8	6.2	5.6	5.7	5.4
DeWitt	*	*	*	*	11.2	12.1	11.3	*	*
Douglas	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
DuPage	5.9	5.5	5.3	4.9	4.9	4.3	4	4	3.9
Edgar	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Edwards	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Effingham	8.3	6.6	4.9	5.8	7.3	8.1	9.9	8.8	7.4
Fayette	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ford	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Franklin	8.1	9.8	9.4	9.3	9.3	7.1	6.7	6.2	5.9
Fulton	7.8	7.6	8.2	7.3	6.2	7	6.9	*	*
Gallatin	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Greene	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Grundy	5.7	5.2	4.5	5	4.1	4.2	3.9	4.3	5
Hamilton	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hancock	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hardin	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Henderson	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Henry	3.9	5	5.8	6.3	6.7	5.1	5.5	4.5	5.3
Iroquois	6.2	*	*	6.6	8.6	8	10.5	9.9	7.8
Jackson	7.5	8.3	10	9.8	9.4	8.4	7.2	5.5	5.3
Jasper	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Jefferson	5.6	7.8	7	7.2	7.1	5.8	4.9	6.4	10.5
Jersey	8.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Jo Daviess	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Johnson	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kane	5.8	6.1	6.5	6.7	6.5	6	5.8	5.3	5.1
Kankakee	8.3	7.6	8.5	9.5	8.2	8.5	9.2	9.3	8.1
Kendall	4.4	4.7	5.1	5	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.7	6.1
Knox	7.9	9	9.3	8.9	8.5	8.3	6.4	6	5.3
Lake	5.5	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.3	5.2	4.7	4.6	4.5
LaSalle	7.7	7	7	5.7	5.2	6	6.3	6.6	7.6
Lawrence	13.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Lee	*	5.8	7	*	5.6	5.6	*	*	*
Livingston	8.6	8.5	10.2	9	8.6	9.3	8.4	5.5	6.4
Logan	8.3	8.4	8.5	8.6	8.5	10.5	11.2	9.8	7.9
McDonough	6.8	*	7.5	8.8	*	*	*	7.8	*
McHenry	4.8	4.6	4.1	3.9	3.8	4	4.1	4.1	3.7
McLean	6.2	6.5	7.2	7.3	7.5	8.1	6.9	6.9	6.8
Macon	11	10.4	10	8	8.5	8.6	8	8.2	9
Macoupin	6.4	8.3	8.7	9.4	8.7	9.8	8.8	8.8	7.4
Madison	6.4	5.8	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.8	6.7	7.7
Marion	4.2	5	4.7	6.1	6.5	6.8	6	6.5	7.7
Marshall	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Mason	*	*	*	*	*	14.6	*	*	*
Massac	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Menard	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Mercer	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Monroe	*	*	*	6	6.1	*	*	*	*
Montgomery	8.6	6.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	8.7
Morgan	*	*	*	5.3	5.8	5.9	7.1	7.5	6.6
Moultrie	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ogle	5.7	4.9	5.7	5.5	6.4	4.9	6	6.1	6.8
Peoria	8.7	8.3	8.6	8.3	8.2	7.7	8	8.6	8.4
Perry	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Piatt	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Pike	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Pope	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Pulaski	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Putnam	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Randolph	5.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	6.6
Richland	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Rock Island	7.3	7.4	6.6	6.3	6.2	5.7	5.7	6.4	5.9
St. Clair	8.1	7	6.8	6.5	7.6	7.6	8.7	9.5	9.3
Saline	9.9	8.4	10.3	8.4	7.6	9.2	8.6	6.8	8.2
Sangamon	8.4	8.6	8.1	7.4	7.3	7.6	7.7	7.3	7.2
Schuyler	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Scott	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Shelby	10.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Stark	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Stephenson	6.7	5.1	6.3	5.2	4.4	5.2	6.4	7.3	8.9
Tazewell	6	5.8	5.8	5.2	6.2	5.7	5.2	5.1	5.3
Union	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vermilion	7.3	7.7	8.9	8.9	8.6	9	10.6	10.2	11.1
Wabash	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Warren	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Washington	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Wayne	*	10.6	11.7	11	11	9.7	*	*	*
White	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Whiteside	7.9	7.4	5.7	5.2	4.7	3.5	*	3.5	4.2
Will	6.9	6.9	6.4	6	5.8	5.1	5.3	5.4	5.8
Williamson	9.5	9.1	7.6	7	7.9	7.8	6.5	7.6	8.2
Winnebago	7.8	7.1	6.7	6.4	6.5	6	6.2	7	7.1
Woodford	5.8	5.2	4.8	*	5.5	*	4.6	4.6	6.6