Infant Mortality Rate

National Vital Statistics Reports

Volume 60, Number 5 May 10, 2012

Infant Mortality Statistics From the 2008 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set

by T.J. Mathews, M.S., and Marian F. MacDorman, Ph.D., Division of Vital Statistics

10 9.19

†

2000

2008

8.28

8

Rate per 1,000 live births

6

5.80

†

4.98

4.62

†

4.29 3.78

†

4.39 3.50

4.18 3.77 3.76 3.43

†

4

3.61

3.78 3.20 3.23 3.26 3.19

3.08

2

0 All races

† ‡

NonHispanic white

NonHispanic black

Significant decline. Includes persons of Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin.

NOTES: Neonatal is less than 28 days. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on birth certificates. Race categories are consistent with the 1977 Office of Management

and Budget standards. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. In this figure, Hispanic women are classified only by place of origin; non-Hispanic women are classified by race.

See reference 2. Thirty states reported multiple-race data on the birth certificate for 2008 and 27 for 2007. The multiple-race data for these states were bridged to the single-race

categories of the 1977 standards for comparability with other states; see references 2 and 3.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.

American Indian or Alaska Native‡

Asian or Pacific Islander ‡

Hispanic

Mexican

Puerto Rican

Cuban

Central and South American

Figure 1. Neonatal mortality rates, by race and ethnicity of mother: United States, 2000 and 2008

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Health Statistics

National Vital Statistics System

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National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 60, No. 5, May 10, 2012

Abstract

Objectives—This report presents 2008 period infant mortality statistics from the linked birth/infant death data set (linked file) by a variety of maternal and infant characteristics. The linked file...