Infant Mortality Rate

Definition: Infant Mortality Rate

Infant Mortality Rate

Noun

1. The death rate during the first year of life.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Social Sciences

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Infant Mortality Rate

Crosswords: Infant Mortality Rate

Four new graves in cemetery at Kempton, West Virginia, coal town. The infant mortality rate in this town is very high.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

A declining infant mortality rate and a rising fertility rate are draining the state-run healthcare system, increasing the need to replace old equipment and otherwise maintain an acceptable level of medical services. (references)

Doubling life expectancy from 35 years in 1949 to 70 years in 1999, eliminating many infectious diseases like typhoid and cholera, and slashing the infant mortality rate (IMR) from over 200 deaths per 1,000 births in 1949 to 33.1 deaths in 1997, the People's Republic of China (PRC) had made historically unprecedented strides in improving its country's health. (references)

Children

Gabon

The country has a relatively high infant mortality rate, and only approximately 17 percent of children have been vaccinated. (references)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Despite the Government's efforts to support health and welfare standards, the infant mortality rate is still very high at 16.61 deaths per 1,000 live births. (references)

Oman

Most children attend school through secondary school, until age 18. The infant mortality rate continues to decline, and comprehensive immunization rates have risen. (references)

Economic History

Sao Tome and Principe

Infant mortality rate (1999 est)--53/1,000. (references)

Chad

Health: Life expectancy (2001 est.)--51. Infant mortality rate (2001 est.)--95/1,000. (references)

Niger

Niger's high infant mortality rate is comparable to levels recorded in neighboring countries. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

The infant mortality rate for indigenous children is 2.8 times that of nonindigenous children. (references)

Minorities

Brazil

In 1997 the infant mortality rate of Afro-Brazilians was 62 per 1,000, compared with 37 per 1,000 for whites. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Danish

spædbørnsdødelighed (infant death rate, infant mortality), dødskvotient for spæbørn (infant death rate, infant mortality), børnedødelighed (infant death rate, infant mortality). (various references)

Dutch

zuigelingensterftecijfer (infant death rate, infant mortality), kindersterftecijfer (infant death rate, infant mortality), kindersterfte (infant death rate, infant mortality). (various references)

French

TMI (infant death rate, infant mortality), taux de mortalité infantile (infant death rate, infant mortality). (various references)

German

Säuglingssterblichkeit (infant death rate, infant mortality), Säuglingssterbeziffer (infant death rate, infant mortality), Kindersterblichkeit (infant death rate, infant mortality). (various references)

Greek 

ποσοστό βρεφικής θνησιμότητας (infant death rate, infant mortality). (various references)

Italian

tasso di mortalit� infantile (infant death rate, infant mortality), quoziente di mortalit� infantile (infant death rate, infant mortality). (various references)

Pig Latin

infantay ortalitymay ateray

Portuguese

taxa de mortalidade infantil (child mortality rate, infant death rate, infant mortality), mortalidade infantil (child mortality, infant mortality), coeficiente de mortalidade infantil (infant death rate, infant mortality). (various references)

Spanish

TMI (infant death rate, infant mortality), tasa de mortalidad infantil (infant death rate, infant mortality). (various references)

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