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Infant Mortality by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000 to 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

This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective MCH-1. Confidence limits are not available for the U.S. data.

Data Sources

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of resident deaths occurring under 1 year of age
  • Denominator:

    Number of live births to resident mothers

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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)