Birth Defects or Congenital Anomalies

• Number of infant deaths: 4,301
• Infant deaths per 100,000 live births: 114.8
• Cause of infant death rank: 1

Source: Mortality in the United States, 2019, data table for figure 5pdf icon

• Birth Data
• Mortality Statistics
• National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Birth defectsexternal icon