Saving Babies' Lives.

AuthorJohnson, Tahra

Here's some good news. The U.S. mortality rate for babies during their first year of life continues to decline--from 25.9% in 1960 to only 5.8% in 2017 according to the World Bank's Data Bank and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC defines the infant mortality rate as the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. Health experts attribute the decrease to a variety of efforts, including better prenatal care and care of women between births, fewer unnecessary induced labors, prevention of preterm and early term births, better sleeping conditions for babies, targeted home visiting services, and state and regional coalitions or partnerships.

Still, more than 22,000 infants died in the United States in 2017 even though the overall rates have continued to...

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