State variations in infant mortality by race and Hispanic origin of mother, 2013–2015

Mathews, T. J.; Ely, Danielle M.; Driscoll, Anne K.

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State variations in infant mortality by race and Hispanic origin of mother, 2013–2015

January 2018
By Mathews, T. J. ; Ely, Danielle M. ; Driscoll, Anne K.
Source: NCHS data brief ; no. 295
Series: NCHS Data Briefs

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Infant mortality has long been a basic measure of public health for countries around the world (1–3). While the overall infant mortality rate in the United States is lower than a decade ago, declining 14% from 6.86 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2005, a recent high, to 5.90 in 2015, the rate in 2015 was not statistically different from that in 2014 (5.82) (4–6). The variability in infant mortality rates by state and by race and Hispanic origin continues to receive attention (7,8). This report uses linked birth and infant death data from 2013 through 2015 to describe infant mortality rates in the United States by state, and for race and Hispanic-origin groups by state.

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Data from the National Vital Statistics System

• In 2013–2015, the infant mortality rate by state ranged from 4.28 per 1,000 live births in Massachusetts to 9.08 in Mississippi.

• Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.), the mortality rate for infants of non-Hispanic white women ranged from 2.52 in D.C. to 7.04 in Arkansas.

• For infants of non-Hispanic black women, the mortality rate ranged from 8.27 in Massachusetts to 14.28 in Wisconsin.

• The mortality rate for infants of Hispanic women ranged from 3.94 in Iowa to 7.28 in Michigan.

Suggested citation: Mathews TJ, Ely DM, Driscoll AK. State variations in infant mortality by race and Hispanic origin of mother, 2013–2015. NCHS Data Brief, no 295. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018.

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Ethnicity Hispanic Or Latino Infant Mortality Mothers Pregnancy Outcome
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