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The year before, in 2021, an analysis from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that while the total number of infant deaths had increased from 2020, the mortality rate had ...
Newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows New Hampshire has the lowest infant mortality ...
The infant mortality rate — defined as the number of babies who die before they are a year old for every 1,000 live births — also increased by a statistically significant 3 percent last year ...
Infant mortality rates are on the rise after Roe v. Wade was overturned and states began to implement strict abortion bans, a new study finds. The study, published Monday by JAMA Pediatrics ...
Infant mortality rates were back within the normal range a year after the ruling, which may indicate that the pool of people willing to become pregnant had changed in response to the newly ...
Just over a third of eligible Arkansans participate in federal nutrition assistance aimed at low-income women and children, ...
Infant mortality rates also vary sharply by state, from a high of 9.25 deaths per 1,000 live births in Mississippi to a low of 4.21 in Massachusetts, the report said.
Cradle Cincinnati – a nonprofit focused on reducing infant mortality – is starting work to expand its model to other Ohio ...
The NCHS study found that the infant mortality rate in 2022 increased for mothers aged 25-29. Mortality rates also climbed for preterm babies, male infants, and for infants born in Georgia, Iowa ...