Definition of Infant mortality
1. Noun. The death rate during the first year of life.
Generic synonyms: Death Rate, Deathrate, Fatality Rate, Mortality, Mortality Rate
Medical Definition of Infant mortality
1. Perinatal, neonatal, and infant deaths in a given population. (12 Dec 1998)
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Literary usage of Infant mortality
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1. Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin by Public Affairs Information Service (1920)
"Wis State Bd Health Bui p Б Ap '19 infant mortality as an economic problem. ... Relation of parental nativity to the infant mortality of New York state. ..."
2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"Large cities will often have a low infant mortality rate, and small cities, like Gloversville in New York or Millville in New Jersey, will have a high ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"See Infants—Care and hygiene infant mortality Conservation of child life. WJ Gallivan. ... Arn Phys Educ R 21:503-4 N '16 Income and infant mortality. ..."
4. Health Status of Minorities & Low Income Groups by DIANE Publishing Company, Dept. of Health and Human Services, United States (1991)
"The Hispanic infant mortality rate shown in Table 2 is from the US vital ... Within the last decade, the downward trend in infant mortality began to slow; ..."
5. The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Statistics by Adna Ferrin Weber (1899)
"The science of demography recognizes the fact that infant mortality bears with more severity on boys than on girls, and as infant mortality is in most ..."