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Infant
Mortality Rate in 1996
(number
of infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
In 1996, the infant mortality
rate for the nation continued its almost 30-year decline, dropping from
7.6 infant deaths for every 1000 births in 1995 to 7.3 deaths per 1000
births in 1996. Similar declines in infant mortality occurred among both
Whites and Blacks. However, infants born to Black mothers are still over
twice as likely to die in their first year of birth than infants born to
White mothers.
Infant
Mortality Rate in 1996
(number
of infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
|
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State |
All
|
White
|
Black
|
| |
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona |
10.5
7.2
7.6
|
8.2
5.8
7.1
|
15.5
nsd
20.5
|
| |
Arkansas
California
Colorado |
9.3
5.9
6.6
|
8.1
5.5
6.4
|
14.0
13.9
14.7
|
| |
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia |
6.4
7.6
14.9
|
5.3
6.0
nsd
|
14.9
12.7
17.6
|
| |
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii |
7.5
9.2
5.8
|
5.8
6.3
nsd
|
13.3
14.9
nsd
|
| |
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana |
7.4
8.6
8.7
|
7.4
6.4
7.5
|
nsd
18.2
18.4
|
| |
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky |
7.0
8.3
7.5
|
6.5
7.2
6.9
|
nsd
23.1
13.6
|
| |
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland |
9.0
4.4
8.5
|
6.5
4.4
5.7
|
12.8
nsd
14.5
|
| |
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota |
5.0
8.1
5.9
|
4.8
5.9
5.1
|
8.8
17.6
14.5
|
| |
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana |
11.0
7.6
7.0
|
8.0
6.2
6.8
|
14.6
15.7
nsd
|
| |
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire |
8.7
6.2
5.0
|
8.4
5.4
5.0
|
nsd
nsd
nsd
|
| |
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York |
6.9
6.2
7.0
|
5.3
6.1
5.7
|
14.9
nsd
12.4
|
| |
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio |
9.2
5.3
7.7
|
7.1
5.0
6.3
|
15.3
nsd
16.2
|
| |
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania |
8.5
5.6
7.8
|
7.7
5.3
6.4
|
17.6
nsd
16.9
|
| |
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota |
5.2
8.4
5.7
|
5.1
5.6
4.5
|
nsd
13.7
nsd
|
| |
Tennessee
Texas
Utah |
8.5
6.3
6.0
|
6.7
5.7
5.9
|
15.4
11.7
nsd
|
| |
Vermont
Virginia
Washington |
7.1
7.7
6.0
|
6.9
6.1
5.6
|
nsd
13.8
15.7
|
| |
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming |
7.4
7.3
6.4
|
6.9
6.1
6.2
|
nsd
18.8
nsd
|
| |
United States |
7.3
|
6.1
|
14.7
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Note: 'nsd' indicates number
of deaths too small to calculate a reliable rate.
SOURCE: CDC, National Center
for Health Statistics
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