Number of infant deaths in the U.S. from 2020 to 2022, by leading causes
In 2022, congenital malformations accounted for around 19.5 percent of infant deaths in the United States. That year there, were around 4,004 infant deaths from congenital malformations. The leading five causes of infant death in the U.S. were the same from 2020 to 2022.