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QuickStats: Infant, Neonatal, and Postneonatal Annual Mortality Rates*
--- United States, 1940--2005
* Per 1,000 live births for each group: infant (age <1 year), neonatal (age <28 days), and postneonatal (age 28 days
to <1 year).
From 1940 to 2005 (most recent data available), infant, nenonatal, and postneonatal annual mortality
rates in the United States declined substantially. The infant mortality rate decreased 85%, from 47 infant
deaths per 1,000 live births in 1940 to 6.87 in 2005. During the same period, substantial changes also occurred
in the neonatal rate, which decreased 84%, from 28.8 to 4.54 deaths per 1,000 live births, and
the postneonatal rate, which decreased 87%, from 18.3 to 2.34 deaths per 1,000 live births.
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