Get Fetal-Infant Mortality Review Report 2008 - Cdph Ca

The California Department of Public Health has several initiatives geared toward reducing infant mortality, including prental education and health care; a genetic screening program, nutritional programs and immunization efforts for both pregnant women and infants.

Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) is a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency, community-based program that identifies local infant mortality issues through the review of fetal and infant deaths and develops recommendations and initiatives to reduce infant deaths.

In 2021, 13,972 babies were born in Fresno County. Of those, 73 babies died within the first year of life, resulting in an infant mortality rate (IMR) of 5.2.

In 2021, the state of Mississippi had the highest infant mortality rate in the United States, with around 9.39 deaths per 1,000 live births. Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the age of one.

In 2008, the overall U.S. infant mortality rate was 6.61 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, with differences by race and Hispanic origin (Table 1). The highest infant mortality rate was for non-Hispanic black women (12.67), with a rate 2.3 times that for non-Hispanic white women (5.52) (Table 1).

Notes: An infant death occurs within the first year of life. In California in 2020, 1,648 infants died before reaching their first birthday, an infant mortality rate of 3.9 per 1,000 live births. Between 2010 and 2020, the infant mortality rate in California declined 17%.

Infant mortality rate RankCountrydeaths/1,000 live births1Afghanistan103.12Somalia85.13Central African Republic81.74Equatorial Guinea77.9115 more rows

3.6[!] Definition: Number of deaths among children under age 1 per 1,000 live births (e.g., in 2022, the infant mortality rate in California was 4 infant deaths per 1,000 births).