infant mortality

infant mortality,

the statistical rate of infant death during the first year after live birth, expressed as the number of such deaths per 1000 live births in a specific geographic area or institution in a given period. Neonatal mortality (death within 28 days of birth) accounts for 70% of infant mortality.

infant,

n/adj a child who is in the earliest stage of extrauterine life, a time extending from the first month after birth to approximately 12 months of age, when the baby is able to assume an erect posture; some extend the period to 24 months of age.

infant mortality,

n the statistical rate of infant death during the first year after live birth, expressed as the number of such births per 1000 live births in a specific geographic area. Neonatal mortality accounts for 70% of infant mortality.

infant mortality

Epidemiology Death of a child < age 1 Etiology Congenital defects, short gestation, low birth weight, pneumonia, influenza, neonatal infections, complications of placenta, cord, membranes, intrauterine hypoxia, birth asphyxia, respiratory distress syndrome, accidents, SIDS. See Infant mortality rate. Cf Postneonatal mortality.

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Byline: ANI Patna, Nov 2(ANI): Reduce the infant mortality rate in Bihar, the State Government has started an initiative of sending greeting cards to the families of newborns with a message stating the significance of breast-feeding for mother and child.

Bihar Government promotes breast-feeding to reduce infant mortality ... by Asian News International

Manjet Kenht, newly appointed Department of Health project officer, is running the project and will spearhead a new six-week course aimed at cutting the risk of infant mortality and improving preconception health among ethnic minority women.

Health course for women by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

If the results of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) carried out in 1997 are compared with the results of the 2006 MICS, it can be seen that indicators of infant mortality have fallen in Kyrgyzstan from 66 to 48, under five mortality from 72.

Roundtable on maternal and infant mortality held in Bishkek by AKIpress News Agency