infant mortality rate
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- noun
- /ˈɪnfənt mɔːrˈtælɪti reɪt/
- Specialized
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tasa de mortalidad infantil
- The infant mortality rate in this region has decreased significantly over the past decade.
- high infant mortality rate
- low infant mortality rate
- decline in the infant mortality rate
And slowly infant mortality rates decline.
- And slowly infant mortality rates decline.
- So just to give you some context on South Memphis, the infant mortality rate is higher than most or many third world nations.
Examples
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Four out of every 10 children suffer from malnutrition, and the infant mortality rate is 60 per 1,000 births.
Academic text (1993) -
Poverty, malnutrition, and inadequate health care also resulted in higher infant mortality rates.
Academic text (1998) -
Increased education is associated with a lower infant mortality rate, as expected.
Academic text (1991) -
On the other hand, infant mortality rates were also high.
Academic text (1994) -
At the root of infant mortality rates is the need for policy change.
Academic text (2001) -
During the past three decades, technology has improved infant mortality rates.
Academic text (2001) -
So just to give you some context on South Memphis, the infant mortality rate is higher than most or many third world nations.
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We've got the worst infant mortality rate in the western world.
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In developing regions, infant mortality rates have declined much more slowly in large cities than in rural areas.
Academic text (1998) -
The conventional explanation for the high U.S. infant mortality rate focuses on poverty.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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The number of babies who die before their first birthday in a group of people
The number of babies who die before their first birthday for every 1,000 live births
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'infant' (young child), 'mortality' (deaths in a population) and 'rate' (frequency per unit), so a learner who knows those words can infer it refers to the frequency of infant deaths in a population. Although it is a technical/statistical term, the meaning follows normal noun-noun compositional patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent.
Etymology
Infant mortality rate comes from three plain words: infant (a baby), mortality (death), and rate (how often something happens). People began counting how many babies died before their first birthday per 1,000 births to see how healthy a place was, so the phrase now means 'the number of babies who die before their first birthday'.