infant mortality
noun
: the number of infants who die each year
The government is trying to reduce infant mortality.
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Remember, few other OB/GYNs, fewer access points, higher maternal health mortality rates, higher infant mortality rates.
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 11 May 2025
In contexts with already high levels of maternal and infant mortality, these cuts are heartbreaking.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
The memo has circulated online and has ignited panic among groups around the world that rely on foreign aid from the United States for their programs — which range from disease prevention to curbing infant mortality to alleviating the impact of climate change.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Yet as Kennedy’s attacks on dairy regulation illustrate, the memory of the infant mortality crisis has receded too far into the past.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 11 May 2025
In contexts with already high levels of maternal and infant mortality, these cuts are heartbreaking.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
The memo has circulated online and has ignited panic among groups around the world that rely on foreign aid from the United States for their programs — which range from disease prevention to curbing infant mortality to alleviating the impact of climate change.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Yet as Kennedy’s attacks on dairy regulation illustrate, the memory of the infant mortality crisis has receded too far into the past.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Infant mortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infant%20mortality. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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