infant mortality
noun
: the number of infants who die each year
The government is trying to reduce infant mortality.
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Minimizing maternal and infant mortality Edith remembers darker days when the medical teams were overwhelmed by helplessness and distressed parents blamed the staff for failing to save the lives of their children.
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Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Lathrop’s first undertaking was to evaluate national infant mortality rates.
— Made By History, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
Blacks had the highest infant mortality rate among all racial and ethnic groups.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
But that’s an artifact of high infant mortality rates in that era, and completely irrelevant to the fiscal health or purpose of Social Security.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
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Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Lathrop’s first undertaking was to evaluate national infant mortality rates.
— Made By History, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
Blacks had the highest infant mortality rate among all racial and ethnic groups.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
But that’s an artifact of high infant mortality rates in that era, and completely irrelevant to the fiscal health or purpose of Social Security.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for infant mortality
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“Infant mortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infant%20mortality. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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