Birth Defects or Congenital Anomalies

• Number of infant deaths: 4,473
• Infant deaths per 100,000 live births: 118.0
• Cause of infant death rank: 1

Source: Mortality in the United States, 2018, data table for figure 4

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