THE STATE OF INFANT
HEALTH: I S THERE
TROUBLE AHEAD?
By Jennifer L. Howse, Ph.D. and
Michael C. Caldwell, M.D., M.P.H.

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is a
summary measure of the health and
well-being of a nation. Do you
believe America’s infants are better
off today than they were in 1990? If
so, take a closer look at the data in
this 2004 Edition of America’s Health:
State Health Rankings, because the
results are mixed. While we have
made some strides, we have also
taken steps back.

The latest IMR for
the United States shows the first
increase in more than 40 years
(Kochanek, 2004). The current IMR
of seven infant deaths per 1,000 live
births is moving in the wrong direction
—away from the Healthy People
2010 objective of 4.5 infant deaths
per 1,000 live births (Kochanek et al,
2004). This ranks the United States
28th internationally (NCHS, 2003).

SNIP

http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/shr/State%20Health%202004.pdf

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