<unk>  <unk>  is the number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under one year of age. The rate for a given region is the number of children dying under one year of age, divided by the number of live births during the year, multiplied by 1,000. Forms of infant mortality: * Perinatal mortality is late fetal death (22 weeks gestation to birth), or death of a newborn up to one week postpartum. *Neonatal mortality is newborn death occurring within 28 days postpartum. Neonatal death is often attributed to inadequate access to basic medical care, during pregnancy and after delivery. This accounts for 40–60% of infant mortality in developing countries. * Postneonatal mortality is the death of children aged 29 days to one year. The major contributors to postneonatal death are malnutrition, infectious disease, troubled pregnancy, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and problems with the home environment.
Infant Mortality Rate
Perinatal mortality
Child mortality
Maternal mortality ratio
Infection rate
Mortality rate
Infant formula
Case fatality rate