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Infant Mortality Rates

2017-2021

Rate per 1,000 live births

8.0

6.0

4.0

2.0

0.0

8.0

6.0

4.0

2.0

Infant Mortality Rates by Age of Death , 2021 Rate per 1,000 live births

Total IMR = 6.7

2.4

4.3

2.0

3.5

Indiana U . S . Post-Neonatal Deaths

Total IMR = 5.4

Neonatal Deaths

Note : Age-specific mortality rates may not sum to the overall IMR and cause-specific percentages may not sum to 100 % due to rounding .

Infant Mortality Facts

• Infant mortality is defined as the death of a baby before his or her first birthday .

• The infant mortality rate ( IMR ) is the number of babies who die in the first year of life per 1,000 live births .

• In 2021 , there were 536 infant deaths across the state , making the infant mortality rate 6.7 .

• In Indiana , the Non-Hispanic ( NH ) Black infant mortality rate was more than double the NH White rate .

• Neonatal Infant Death = 0 – 27 days

• Post-Neonatal Infant Death = 28 – 364 days

2021

HOSPITAL REGION

IMR

CENTRAL 6.2 CENTRAL SOUTHWESTERN 7.6 EASTERN 7.4 MIDWESTERN 8.6 * NORTHEASTERN 7.4 NORTHERN 8.9 NORTHWESTERN 6.2 SOUTHEASTERN 5.0 * SOUTHERN 6.0 SOUTHWESTERN 4.1 WESTERN 7.4

* Rates based on counts less than 20 are considered unstable and should be interpreted with caution .

How to Reduce Infant Mortality

• Improve overall health for women of child-bearing age

• Promote early and adequate prenatal care

• Decrease early elective deliveries before 39 weeks

• Decrease prenatal smoking and substance use

• Increase breastfeeding duration & exclusivity

• Support birth spacing and interconception wellness

• Promote the ABCs of safe sleep : place baby to sleep alone , on his or her back , in a crib

4.9 %

23.5 %

12.5 %

16.0 %

Causes of Infant Mortality Indiana 2021

43.1 %

Congenital Anomalies Perinatal Risks SUIDs Assaults / Injuries Other

SUIDs = Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths

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