Infant Health
Data are for the U.S.
Live births
- Number of births: 3,613,647
- Percent of births with low birthweight (less than 2500 grams): 8.24%
- Percent of births that are preterm (less than 37 weeks gestation): 10.09%
Source: Births: Final Data for 2020, tables 1 and 13 [PDF – 1 MB]
Mortality
- Number of infant deaths: 19,582
- Deaths per 100,000 live births: 541.9
- Leading causes of infant deaths
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Disorders related to short gestation and low birthweight: not elsewhere classified
- Sudden infant death syndrome
Source: Mortality in the United States, 2020, data table for figure 5 [PDF]
More data
- America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
- Trends in Infant Health from Health, United States
- Fetal Mortality in the United States: Trends From 2014 Through 2019 and Changes Between 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
- Infant Mortality in the United States, 2019: Data From the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File [PDF – 605 KB]
- Decline in Perinatal Mortality in the United States, 2017-2019
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2018 Emergency Department Summary Tables [PDF – 786 KB]
- National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2018 National Summary Tables [PDF – 682 KB]
- Infant Mortality by Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index: United States, 2017-2018 [PDF – 810 KB]
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Mortality Rate of Infants Born to Teen Mothers: United States, 2017-2018
- Declines in Infant Mortality in Appalachia and the Delta: 1995-1996 Through 2017-2018 [PDF – 231 KB]
- Drug-involved Infant Deaths in the United States, 2015-2017 [PDF – 329 KB]
- The Effects of Changes in Maternal Age Distribution and Maternal Age-specific Infant Mortality Rates on Infant Mortality Rate Trends by Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, 2000-2017 [PDF – 339 KB]
- Maternal Characteristics and Infant Outcomes in Appalachia and the Delta [PDF – 1 MB]
- Differences Between Rural and Urban Areas in Mortality Rates for the Leading Causes of Infant Death: United States, 2013–2015
- Infant Mortality Rates in Rural and Urban Areas in the United States, 2014
- State Variations in Infant Mortality by Race and Hispanic Origin of Mother, 2013-2015
Page last reviewed: September 6, 2022
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics