Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Between 2020 and 2022, sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) rates increased by nearly 12%, reversing years of stability, ...

Infant mortality in the United States decreased by 24.2% between 1999 and 2022. However, mortality rates from Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) rose significantly -- by 11.8% -- from 2020 to 2022.

Infant mortality up 5.6% in states with abortion bans, restrictions Report estimates an extra 478 infant deaths that would otherwise not have occurred Mortality increase greater for babies with ...

Karnataka recorded a marginal one-point rise in its Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Under-Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) in 2024, according to the Sample Registration Survey (SRS) data 2024, released on ...

Escambia County’s 2023 preterm birth rate was much higher than Florida’s 10.7% and the national rate of 10.4%. Maternal Health Task Force is made up of representatives from state and local healthcare ...

Our weekly conversation about the numbers that chart progress continues. Last week, we began a weekly conversation from Headway about the indicators that help us understand how the U.S. and the wider ...

The Indiana Department of Health has maintained its historic low infant mortality rate of 6.3 deaths per 1,000 live births, ...

Michigan’s infant mortality rate reached the lowest point on record in 2023. The state reported 607 infant deaths within their first year of life, compared to 99,178 live births, for a rate of 6.1 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Angelica Geter writes about community-centered paths to health equity. Aug 28, 2025, 06:12pm EDT Mississippi high infant mortality ...

Provisional date from Indiana Department of Health Wednesday shows the 2025 infant mortality death rate is virtually unchanged from 2024, with 6.3 deaths per 1,000 live births — the lowest rate of ...