Infant Deaths and Infant Mortality Rates, by Cause of Death statistics

[Excludes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. Deaths classified according to ninth revision of International Classification of Diseases. See also Appendix III]


				Number					Number							Percent distribution				PERCENT DISTRIBUTION								Infant mortality rate ¹
Cause of death
	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998

Total	38,408	38,910	39,655	38,351	36,766	34,628	33,466	31,710	29,583	28,487	27,692	28,488	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	100	10.1	10.0	9.8	9.2	8.9	8.4	8.0	7.6	7.3	7.1	7.2

Congenital anomalies	7,884	8,141	8,120	8,239	7,685	7,449	7,129	6,854	6,554	6,381	6,063	6,266	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	22	22	22	21	22	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6
Disorders relating to short gestation
and unspecified low birth weight	3,354	3,268	3,931	4,013	4,139	4,035	4,310	4,254	3,933	3,902	3,727	4,011	9	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	0.9	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Sudden infant death syndrome	5,230	5,476	5,634	5,417	5,349	4,891	4,669	4,073	3,397	3,050	2,705	2,529	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	11	11	9	9	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.6
Respiratory distress syndrome	3,283	3,181	3,631	2,850	2,569	2,063	1,815	1,567	1,454	1,362	1,262	1,328	9	8	10	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
Newborn affected by maternal
complications of pregnancy	1,399	1,411	1,534	1,655	1,536	1,461	1,343	1,296	1,309	1,249	1,242	1,328	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Newborn affected by complications of
placenta, cord, and membranes	839	907	984	975	962	993	994	948	962	949	927	932	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	(NA)	0.2	0.2	0.2
Accidents and adverse effects	950	936	996	930	961	819	898	889	787	804	753	726	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	(NA)	0.2	0.2	0.2
Infections specific to the perinatal
period	862	878	892	875	881	901	772	828	788	756	756	815	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	(NA)	0.2	0.2	0.2
Pneumonia and influenza	674	641	636	634	607	600	530	559	492	496	397	400	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	(NA)	0.1	0.1	0.1
Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia	791	777	725	762	599	613	549	537	475	428	456	459	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	(NA)	0.1	0.1	0.1
All other causes	13,142	13,294	12,572	12,001	11,478	10,803	10,457	9,905	9,432	9,110	9,404	9,694	34	34	32	31	31	31	31	30	32	32	33	34	3.5	3.4	3.1	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.5	(NA)	2.3	2.4	2.5

NA Not available. 1 Deaths of infants under 1 year old per 1,000 live births.

Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual; and National Vital Statistics Report (NVSR) (formerly Monthly Vital Statistics Report). http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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