Infant mortality rate increases 3% in 2022, rising for 1st time in 2 decades: CDCInfant mortality rates in the United States increased last year for the first time in two decades, according to new federal provisional data. And so that will also contribute to infant mortality because once those infants are born, they're counted in these numbers." The CDC report also looked at infant mortality rates when broken down by race/ethnicity of the mother. Mortality rates also increased significantly for two of the 10 leading causes of death: maternal complications and bacterial sepsis. Infant mortality rate increases 3% in 2022, rising for 1st time in 2 decades: CDC originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News November 01, 2023 05:03 UTC