Infant Mortality

Infant mortality is the death of young children under the age of 1. This death toll is measured by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the probability of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births. The under-five mortality rate, which is referred to as the child mortality rate, is also an important statistic, considering the infant mortality rate focuses only on children under one year of age.In 2013, the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States was birth defects. Other leading causes of infant mortality include birth asphyxia, pneumonia, congenital malformations, term …

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Fraser Institute · 16 October 2024 English

compared with the top 25 percent, in the 25 percent least economically-free countries: the infant mortality rate is nine times greater; extreme poverty is 30 times as common; two-and-a-half times as many


Fraser Institute · 16 October 2024 English

compared with the top 25 percent, in the 25 percent least economically-free countries: the infant mortality rate is nine times greater; extreme poverty is 30 times as common; two-and-a-half times as many

In the least economically free places, the infant mortality rate is about nine times higher than it is Live Births Figure 1.8: Economic Freedom and Infant Mortality -8.0 -14.4 -13.1 12.3Economic Freedom of the


Fraser Institute · 16 October 2024 English

compared with the top 25 percent, in the 25 percent least economically-free countries: the infant mortality rate is nine times greater; extreme poverty is 30 times as common; two-and-a-half times as many


Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia · 23 September 2024 English

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Gagnon R, Sirag E. Life Expectancy at Birth and Infant Mortality Rates of Indigenous Populations in Canada


Fraser Institute · 19 September 2024 English

including higher and faster-growing incomes, less poverty, better health, longer life, lower infant mortality, greater life satisfaction, cleaner environments, less violence, greater trust, greater tolerance


Fraser Institute · 19 September 2024 English

including higher and faster-growing incomes, less poverty, better health, longer life, lower infant mortality, greater life satisfaction, cleaner environments, less violence, greater trust, greater tolerance

poverty, better health, longer life, lower infant mortality, greater life satisfac- tion, cleaner environments relationship between economic freedom and infant mortality. People in the most economically free nations Live Births Figure 17: Economic Freedom and Infant Mortality 1.4 deaths (per 100) 1.4 deaths (per 100)


VTPI: Victoria Transport Policy Institute · 12 September 2024 English

This analysis indicates that children tend to be healthier and more successful growing up in compact neighborhoods where residents frequently walk and bicycle, drive less at lower speeds, have affordable …

these disparities. For example, high rural infant mortality rates reflect high rates of maternal obesity Rossen and Ashley H. Hirai (2020), “Urban-Rural Infant Mortality Disparities,” Am. Journal of Preventive Medicine


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 10 September 2024

In Louis XIV’s New France, colonial authorities attempted to reproduce French regal authority in novel ways, often by performing typical metropolitan political rituals. When these practices were transposed into the …

higher birthrate, along with lower rates of infant mortality.53 Of course, abstract figures such as these


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English

The nineteenth century was a time of upheaval for the Algonquin people. Focusing on those living around Lake Timiskaming and Lake Abitibi along the Ontario-Quebec border over a century, this …

hunters’ productivity during this period. Infant mortality was probably high, as it is in many social


Fraser Institute · 23 August 2024 English

Hydraulic fracturing, a technique used in oil and gas production, has faced strong opposition from environmental groups in the several decades since the practice came into widespread use. Opponents of …

such as birthweight, length of gestation, infant mortality, and similar indicators. Bamber et al. (2019)


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