infant mortality
noun
: the number of infants who die each year
The government is trying to reduce infant mortality.
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Access to electricity reduces infant mortality, improves sanitation, extends life expectancy and fosters educational opportunities.
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Syd S. Peng, Boston Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
While the infant mortality rate in Miami-Dade has decreased through the years, the risk for Black babies remains slightly higher than the rest of Florida, state data shows.
—Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Chubb is a community organizer in a state with some of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality in the country.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 27 July 2025
That could cause the country’s already-high rates of maternal and infant mortality to increase.
—Rachel Rebouché, The Conversation, 3 July 2025
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Syd S. Peng, Boston Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
While the infant mortality rate in Miami-Dade has decreased through the years, the risk for Black babies remains slightly higher than the rest of Florida, state data shows.
—Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Chubb is a community organizer in a state with some of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality in the country.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 27 July 2025
That could cause the country’s already-high rates of maternal and infant mortality to increase.
—Rachel Rebouché, The Conversation, 3 July 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 Aug. 2025.
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