Infant Mortality

• Purpose: To understand and combat infant mortality.
• Key Information: Causes of death of infants aged less than a year in-state or out-of-state to Rhode Island resident mothers.

Rhode Island Numbers

Infant, Neonatal, Perinatal and Maternal Deaths 1973 to 2010

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Definitions

• Infant deaths are those that occur within the first year of life.
• Neonatal deaths are infant deaths that occurred prior to the 28th day of life.
• Late Fetal deaths, refers to fetal deaths of 28 weeks or more uterogestation.
• Early Infant deaths occur after birth but before the seventh day of life.
• Maternal deaths to pregnant women or to women within 42 days of the end of a pregnancy related to or aggravated by the pregnancy. (more)