QuickStats: Infant Mortality Rates for Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties by Single Race and Hispanic Origin — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019

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In metropolitan counties, infant mortality rates were highest for infants of non-Hispanic Black mothers, followed by infants of non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native, Hispanic, non-Hispanic White, and non-Hispanic Asian mothers.
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Figure is a bar chart showing infant mortality rates for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties, by single race and Hispanic origin, in the United States during 2019 according to the National Vital Statistics System.
Infant mortality rates for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties, by single race and Hispanic origin

In metropolitan counties, infant mortality rates were highest for infants of non-Hispanic Black mothers (10.60 infant deaths per 1,000 live births), followed by infants of non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (5.95), Hispanic (4.96), non-Hispanic White (4.22), and non-Hispanic Asian (3.34) mothers.

In nonmetropolitan counties, the mortality rate was also highest for infants of non-Hispanic Black mothers (10.85), followed by infants of non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (9.78), Hispanic (5.97), non-Hispanic White (5.63), and non-Hispanic Asian (4.85) mothers.

The infant mortality rate was significantly lower for infants of non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native, and Hispanic mothers in metropolitan counties compared with nonmetropolitan counties; differences in rates between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties for infants of non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic Asian mothers were not statistically significant.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7044a4.htm

Source: National Vital Statistics System. Linked Birth and Infant Death Data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/linked-birth.htm.

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