What is another word for infant mortality?

Pronunciation: [ˈɪnfənt mɔːtˈalɪti] (IPA)

Infant mortality refers to the number of deaths that occur within the first year of life of a child. This term is often used in medical and health statistics. However, there are several synonyms that can be used to describe this phenomenon, such as neonatal mortality, perinatal mortality, and early childhood mortality. Neonatal mortality specifically refers to deaths that occur within the first 28 days of life, while perinatal mortality includes deaths that occur during the entire perinatal period (starting from 22 weeks of gestation until the 7th day of life). Early childhood mortality, on the other hand, encompasses deaths that occur within the first five years of life. Each synonym highlights a different aspect of infant mortality and can be used interchangeably depending on the context.

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Famous quotes with Infant mortality

  • The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
    Tammy Baldwin
  • Yesterday in this country we had people die of hunger and malnutrition. In some parts of this country, the infant mortality rate rivals that of sub-Saharan Africa. We have a public education system that ranks below that of almost any other Western nation.
    Alcee Hastings
  • I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.
    Winston Churchill
  • The first lesson that you must learn is that, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.
    Winston Churchill
  • There is no Eden. There never was. What was that Eden of the wonderful mythic past? Is it the time when infant mortality was 80%, when four children in five died of disease before the age of five? When one woman in six died in childbirth? When the average lifespan was 40, as it was in America a century ago? When plagues swept across the planet, killing millions in a stroke. Was it when millions starved to death? Is that when it was Eden?
    Michael Crichton

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