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This is a list of U.S. states, the District of Columbia and territories by infant mortality rates in 2021. The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. The child mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants ...
List of U.S. states and territories by birth and death rates in 2021 2021 rank State Birth rate (per 1,000 people) [1] Death rate ... Texas: 12.7 9.1 3.6 9
World map of infant mortality rates in 2017. Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday. [1] The occurrence of infant mortality in a population can be described by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births. [1]
In Texas, the 2022 mortality rate for infants went up 8% to 5.75 per 1,000 births, compared to a 2% increase in the rest of the U.S., according to the study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Among causes of deaths, birth defects showed a 23% increase, compared to a decrease of about 3% in the rest of the U.S.
The 2018 Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Biennial Report showed the rate of maternal deaths in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, measured in terms of women dying while pregnant or within 42 days ...
The U.S. infant mortality rate rose last year for the first time in two decades. ... Georgia, Missouri and Texas all instated new abortion bans around the time Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022.
The neonatal mortality rate – or the death rates of babies younger than 28 days – also increased in Texas by 5.8% but decreased in the rest of the US, the study found.
The new study compared infant death rates in Texas from 2018 to 2022 to those of 28 other states. ... Infant deaths in Texas rose by nearly 13% the year after SB8 was passed, from 1,985 in 2021 to ...