OBJECTIVES This report presents 2013 period infant mortality statistics from the linked birth/infant death data set (linked file) by maternal and infant characteristics. The linked file differs from the mortality file, which is based entirely on death certificate data. METHODS Descriptive tabulations of data are presented and interpreted. RESULTS The U.S. infant mortality rate was 5.96 infa...

OBJECTIVE Birth defects are a leading cause of infant mortality in the United States. Previous reports have highlighted black-white differences in overall infant mortality and infant mortality attributable to birth defects (IMBD). We evaluated the impact of gestational age on US racial/ethnic differences in IMBD. METHODS We estimated the rate of IMBD as the underlying cause of death using the...

Infant mortality rate has been gaining greater importance in recent years as an indicator of population wellness. In previous studies, infant mortality rate is often found to be higher in countries with lower income and less socioeconomic development. This paper concentrates on investigating possible determinants of infant mortality rate across countries. Using data of 114 countries in 2011 fro...

BACKGROUND Infants are very sensitive to iodine deficiency. Breastfed infants are dependent on maternal iodine intake. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between maternal iodine status during lactation and infant weight and length. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate maternal iodine status and infant anthropometric measures in Henan Province, Chin...

OBJECTIVE To measure socioeconomic inequalities and differential risk in infant mortality on national and regional levels in Chile from 1990 to 2005, and propose new policy targets. METHODS The study analysed Chilean vital events registries from 1990 to 2005 for infant mortality by maternal education, head of household occupational status, cause, age and location of death. Annual infant morta...

BACKGROUND Many sub-Saharan countries are confronted with persistently high levels of infant mortality because of the impact of a range of biological and social determinants. In particular, infant mortality has increased in sub-Saharan Africa in recent decades due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The geographic distribution of health problems and their relationship to potential risk factors can be inv...

The present study aimed to determine the patterns and factors associated with birth intervals in multiparous women in Babol, northern Iran. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 500 multiparous women at health centers and referred to the hospital for delivery in Babol, northern Iran in 2007. Data were collected using a questionnaire, including birth intervals, demographics, fertility variable...

Until the end of the nineteenth century the problem of infant mortality was still an area which was mainly regarded as a problem of the home circumstances that the child were born into. Interfering in an individual’s life was abhorrent to the status quo, so little was done to investigate the problem and it was only at the beginning of the twentieth century that a real interest began to take pla...

The spatial distribution of infant deaths in each zone of the city of Salvador, Brazil, in 1980 was examined and related to selected socioeconomic and health care variables. The spatial distribution of infant mortality (defined as the ratio of infant deaths to total deaths in Salvador) was uneven, ranging from 3.9% in a zone in the center of the old city near the water to 52.5% in an outlying ...