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Infant Mortality Query Measure Selection

Infant mortality is defined as the death of an infant under one year of age. Neonatal mortality is the death of an infant age 0 to 27 days, and postneonatal mortality, an infant age 28 to 364 days. The Infant Mortality Rate is most often calculated as infant deaths in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year (death period method). This NM-IBIS query module uses the "death period" method. Infant mortality may also be calculated as deaths of infants born in a given year per 1,000 infants born in that year. That method of calculating infant mortality is called the birth cohort method.

Data Notice/Alert

{{class RedText The underlying cause of death on 13 infant death records in the 2016 data year was changed from "Other Injury Causes" (ICD-10 code Y33 or Y34) to "Sudden, Unexpected Infant Death" (R99). This change was made to the NM-IBIS mortality dataset on January 10, 2018. }}

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  • Infant Mortality Counts and Rates

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    Infant Deaths - Count
    The number of deaths among infants (under 1 year of age) in the selected time period and geography.
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    Infant Mortality Rates - Standard Query
    The infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths (under 1 year of age) per 1,000 live births. The table includes the infant mortality rate, the lower and upper 95% confidence interval limits for the rate, the number of infant deaths and the number of live births during the same time period.
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    Infant Mortality Rates Rates, 3-Year Rolling Averages (Overlapping 3-Year Groups)
    Rolling averages are used to "smooth" trend lines that would otherwise be unstable. Often, the population size will be too small to yield a smooth trend line. By combining multiple years, the data will be more stable. "Rolling averages" are overlapping, aggregated year groups. They are overlapped so that more data points may be displayed, and also so the line shows changes more gradually.
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    Infant Mortality Rates Rates, 5-Year Rolling Averages (Overlapping 5-Year Groups)
    Rolling averages are used to "smooth" trend lines that would otherwise be unstable. Often, the population size will be too small to yield a smooth trend line. By combining multiple years, the data will be more stable. "Rolling averages" are overlapping, aggregated year groups. They are overlapped so that more data points may be displayed, and also so the line shows changes more gradually.
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