infant mortality
noun
: the number of infants who die each year
The government is trying to reduce infant mortality.
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Federal and municipal investigations linked infant mortality and other diseases to contaminated water, overcrowded housing, and inadequate sanitation, rather than to individual failings.
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Time, 19 Dec. 2025
These risks include the chance of low birth weight, preterm birth and infant mortality.
—Ashley Langer, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
Earlier this year, Mississippi declared a public health emergency over the rising infant mortality rate.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
Wisconsin has long had one of the highest rates of Black infant mortality in the nation.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025
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Time, 19 Dec. 2025
These risks include the chance of low birth weight, preterm birth and infant mortality.
—Ashley Langer, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
Earlier this year, Mississippi declared a public health emergency over the rising infant mortality rate.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
Wisconsin has long had one of the highest rates of Black infant mortality in the nation.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for infant mortality
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“Infant mortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infant%20mortality. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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