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The infant mortality rate of American Indians and Native Alaskans is 8.6 for every 1,000 live births. This is greater than the average infant mortality rate of all ages of 6.9, all measured in 2005. [26] Native American infants suffer from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome at double the rate of their white
Data collected by means of secondary sources, such as the US Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, showed that from 1999 to 2009, Alaska Natives and Native Americans had high mortality rates from infectious diseases when compared to the mortality rate of white Americans.
In 2016, American Indians and Alaska Natives had an infant mortality rate of 8.4 per 1,000 live births, compared to 4.1 per 1,000 non-Hispanic white live births. 15.2% of infants born to American Indian and Alaska Native women are born prematurely, compared to 10.7% of infants born to non-Hispanic white women.
In South Dakota overall, Native American infant mortality (17.2 deaths per 1,000 births) is three times higher than the state population, and more than four times higher than for white infants (3. ...
The infant mortality rate is five times the United States national average, and the adolescent suicide rate is four times the United States national average. Members of the reservation suffer from a disproportionately high rate of poverty and alcoholism. [100] By 2011, a gang culture formed among Native American teenagers on the reservation. [101]
New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that the infant mortality rate in the U.S. rose 3% from 2021 to 2022, marking the first year-to-year increase in 20 years.
Infant mortality: Early 20th century rates were largely shaped by high infant mortality. The rate in 1900 was about 10% of newborns died--in some cities as many as 30%. [56] [57] [58] Infectious diseases: The death rate from infectious diseases--especially tuberculosis, influenza and pneumonia-- fell by 90% from 1900 to 1950.
Tarrant County Public Health released a data brief in August 2022 showing that in 2019 Tarrant County had the fourth highest infant mortality rate among all Texas counties, with a rate of 5.55 ...