Infant mortality in the U.S. rose last year for the first time in two decades, says CDC
The U.S. infant mortality rose 3% last year, marking the first statistically significant jump in two decades, according to a new CDC report.
The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year — the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
White and Native American infants, infant boys and babies born at 37 weeks or earlier had significant death rate increases. The CDC’s report, published Wednesday, also noted larger increases for two of the leading causes of infant deaths — maternal complications and bacterial meningitis.
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