Finland remains a world-leader in neonatal care, despite the country's falling birth rate and, consequently, a decline in ...

Just over a third of eligible Arkansans participate in federal nutrition assistance aimed at low-income women and children, the second-lowest participation rate in the nation.

Both in Indiana and nationally, Black infants and pregnant people continue to die at the highest rate. A community ...

That is more than double the rate of white infants, whose mortality rate was 5.1. In my district, the 46628 ZIP code had the second-highest infant mortality rate in the state between 2019 and 2023.

It’s reduced the Black infant mortality rate to nine deaths for every thousand live births – the first time it’s been in the single digits since recording began. Ohio’s infant mortality rate is among ...

It’s reduced the Black infant mortality rate to nine deaths for every thousand live births – the first time it’s been in the single digits since recording began. Ohio’s infant mortality rate is among ...

From 2011, the rate rose 60% to 11.0 per 100,000 in 2021, according to a report published early Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.

State infant mortality rates decreased from 650 deaths in 2022 to 607 in 2023, according to a June MDHHS press release. This is a decrease from 6.3 to 6.1 per 1,000 deaths, respectively.

Michigan is recording its lowest infant mortality in history, with a combination of mother-and-baby health initiatives credited for pushing up survival rates. The topic was among those discussed ...

"Our Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) was as high as 88 per 1000 live births in 2008. This has also come down from 40 (SRS 2020) to 37 (SRS 2021) and further down to 35 (SRS 2022), almost reducing to ...