Highlights of a new study from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) U.S. Infant and General Mortality: Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities For Release July 9, 1995An article in the July issue of the American Journal of Public Health documents long-term trends in infant mortality in the United States and makes projections through the year 2010. The data are from NCHS and reveal some very positive as well as negative trends.
The
provisional infant mortality rate for the U.S. in 1994 hit a record low of
7.9 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. If past trends continue, the
infant mortality rate for the U.S. as a whole will fall to 7.0 by the year
2000, which will meet the goal set by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. SOURCE: "Infant Mortality in the United States: Trends, Differentials, and Projections, 1950 through 2010," American Journal of Public Health, July 1995, Vol. 85, No. 7; National Center for Health Statistics, "Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths for 1994," Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 43, No. 12, June 13, 1995. For more information, please contact NCHS Office of Public Affairs (301) 458-4800, via e-mail at paoquery@cdc.gov, or APHA press office (202) 789-5677.
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