title: Infant mortality--United States, 1989.
abstract: In 1989, the infant mortality rate for the United States--9.8 infant deaths per 1000 live births--was the lowest final rate ever recorded; the previous low (10.0 per 1000 live births) was recorded in 1988. However, the infant mortality rate in the United States remains higher than that in many other developed countries. This report summarizes 1989 infant mortality data based on information from death certificates compiled through the Vital Statistics System of CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) (1) and compares findings with those for 1988.
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D002423:Cause of Death; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D001741:Black or African American