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Infant Deaths/Mortality

(Data are for U.S. in 2001)

Number of infant deaths: 27,568

Infant mortality rate: 6.8 per 1,000 live births

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2001

More data

Infant mortality rates by race and sex, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1975-2001  Deaths: Final Data for 2001, table 31

Infant mortality for 130 selected causes  Deaths: Final Data for 2001, table 32

Infant mortality for 10 leading causes of death  Deaths: Leading Cause for 2001, table 3

Infant mortality by State  Deaths: Final Data for 2001, table 33

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Mortality data

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This page last reviewed April 06, 2004