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Infant Mortality by Cause of Death, Distribution, New Jersey, 2021

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Why Is This Important?

In addition to giving us key information about maternal and infant health, the infant mortality rate is an important marker of the overall health of a society.[https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-infant-health/infant-mortality/index.html ^1^]

Definition

Infant mortality is the death of an infant before his or her first birthday. The infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.

Data Notes

All other causes of death each had fewer than 20 deaths.

Data Source

Linked Infant Death-Birth Database, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health
(https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/)

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Total number of resident deaths due to a given cause occurring under 1 year of age
  • Denominator:

    Total number of resident deaths occurring under 1 year of age

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Health Topic Pages Related to: Infant Mortality

Indicator Data Last Updated On 11/15/2023, Published on 06/12/2024
Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360, e-mail: chs@doh.nj.gov (https://www.nj.gov/health/chs)