How to Use infant mortality in a Sentence

infant mortality

noun
  • At the time of Lizzie's birth, infant mortality was sky high .
    Dominique Janee, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant mortality in the US.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The infant mortality rate was over 10 for mothers younger than age 24.
    Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2023
  • In that same time period, infant mortality rates rose 8.3% in Texas, compared with an increase of 2.2% in the rest of the nation.
    Rob Kuznia, CNN, 24 June 2024
  • Preterm birth is the largest risk factor for infant mortality.
    Amanda Musa, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Nationwide, the rates of infant mortality are increasing for the first time in decades, Ms. Hochul said.
    Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The infant mortality rate in the Irish community at the time was 25 percent.
    Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The state’s infant mortality rate is higher than the national average, and Black infants die at twice the rate of white ones.
    Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The researchers point to high infant mortality rates, along with deaths caused by guns and drug overdoses, as some of the reasons for the disparity.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 2 July 2024
  • The infant mortality rate also increased, while the death rate for all other age groups decreased.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Related:Why is the Black infant mortality rate in Wisconsin still three times higher than the white rate?
    Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2024
  • Couples raised many children to adulthood at a time when infant mortality was high.
    Karin Schlott, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, many people lived longer than this — the overall number is drawn down largely because infant mortality was high back then.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Much like the preterm birth rate, the U.S. infant mortality rate is much higher than in comparable countries.
    Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Alabama’s infant mortality rate is also one of the highest in the United States.
    Williesha Morris | Wmorris@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The leading causes of excess death and years of life lost, according to the study, include infant mortality, heart disease and cancer.
    Akilah Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
  • And there would be 508 fewer cases of infant mortality.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2024
  • One problem the endowment is addressing is the maternal and infant mortality rate across the state.
    Megan Woolard, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Our research on infant mortality in Texas after the passage of such a bill shows that these laws endanger maternal and infant health.
    Alison Gemmill, Scientific American, 3 July 2024
  • Because the number of babies born in the U.S. varies from year to year, researchers instead calculate rates to better compare infant mortality over time.
    CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Authors of the study describe it as a call to action to improve the health of Black Americans, whose early deaths are fueled by higher rates of heart disease, cancer, and infant mortality.
    Liz Szabo, Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2023
  • Evans fears that things like preterm deliveries, infant mortality and low-birthweight babies — a measure in which the county already ranks poorly — are bound to get worse.
    Claire Rush and Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • And so that will also contribute to infant mortality because once those infants are born, they're counted in these numbers.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The infant mortality rate in this country and in Cleveland and about maternal health, the, the number of moms, especially those in poverty who die involving childbirth.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 July 2023
  • India has a much younger population, a higher fertility rate and a decrease in infant mortality over the last three decades.
    Mike Schneider, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • India has a much younger population, a higher fertility rate, and a decrease in infant mortality over the past three decades.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2023
  • In other words, while infant mortality is high, women tend to give birth to many children, expecting at least some of them to die before reaching maturity.
    Zachary Karabell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
  • McCann also points out that Madison has a low infant mortality rate, and residents have a longer-than-average lifespan.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Despite a record low infant mortality rate in 2020, a new study finds an unexpected jump in unexplained deaths in Black infants during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • In New York, the Black infant mortality rate is more than double the average, which follows national trends, according to a state health department report.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024

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