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- Infant, Maternal, & Neonatal Mortality Rates, Fetal Mortality Ratios, by Race: 1970 - 1988[Deaths per 1,000 live births, except as noted.]Item 1970 1975 1980 1985 1987 1988
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- Infant deaths(1) 20.0 16.1 12.6 10.6 10.1 10.0
- White 17.8 14.2 11.0 9.3 8.6 8.5
- Black & other 30.9 24.2 19.1 15.8 15.4 15.0
- Black 32.6 26.2 21.4 18.2 17.9 17.6
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- Maternal deaths(2) 21.5 12.8 9.2 7.8 6.6 8.4
- White 14.4 9.1 6.7 5.2 5.1 5.9
- Black & other 55.9 29.0 19.8 18.1 12.0 17.4
- Black 59.8 31.3 21.5 20.4 14.2 19.5
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- Fetal deaths(3) 14.2 10.7 9.2 7.9 7.7 7.5
- White 12.4 9.5 8.2 7.0 6.7 6.4
- Black & other 22.6 16.0 13.4 11.3 11.5 11.4
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- Neonatal deaths(4) 15.1 11.6 8.5 7.0 6.5 6.3
- White 13.8 10.4 7.5 6.1 5.5 5.4
- Black & other 21.4 16.8 12.5 10.3 10.0 9.7
- Black 22.8 18.3 14.1 12.1 11.7 11.5
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- 1. Represents deaths of infants under one year old, exclusive of
- fetal deaths.
- 2. Per 100,000 live births; from deliveries and complications of
- pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium.
- 3. Includes only those deaths with stated or presumed period of
- gestation of 20 weeks or more.
- 4. Represents deaths of infants under 28 days old, exclusive of
- fetal deaths.
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- Source:U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
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