The infant mortality rate in the United States, for children under the age of one (twelve months), was 60 deaths per thousand births in 1935. Approximately six percent of children born in 1935 did not survive past their first birthday. Over the course of the next 85 years, this number has dropped significantly, and the rate has reached its lowest point ever in the period between 2015 and 2020, at six deaths per thousand births. Figures have been below ten since the 1990s.
Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in the United States from 1935 to 2020*
* All data given is an average of annual data from the preceding five year period.
UN data used from 1955 onwards. Data for the second source can be found here.
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UN DESA, & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in the United States from 1935 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042370/united-states-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, und Gapminder. "Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in the United States from 1935 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042370/united-states-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, Gapminder. (2019). Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in the United States from 1935 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042370/united-states-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, and Gapminder. "Infant Mortality Rate (under One Year Old) in The United States from 1935 to 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042370/united-states-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
UN DESA & Gapminder, Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in the United States from 1935 to 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042370/united-states-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in the United States from 1935 to 2020* [Graph], UN DESA, & Gapminder, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042370/united-states-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
