neonatal mortality rate
- noun
- /ˌniːoʊˈneɪtəl mɔːrˈtælɪti reɪt/
- Specialized
:
tasa de mortalidad neonatal
- In 2020, the neonatal mortality rate in the region was reported to be 25 deaths per 1,000 live births.
- neonatal mortality rate per 1000 live births
- live births
Examples
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All mortality rates are per 1,000 live births. Neonatal mortality rate is the probability of dying within the first month of life. Infant mortality rate is the probability of dying before the first birthday. Under-5 mortality rate is the probability of dying between birth and the fifth birthday.
Academic text (2016) -
Although the neonatal mortality rate ranges from 1.9% to 12% in different series, anomalies in newborns have not been associated with antepartum maternal pneumonia.
Academic text (2007) -
Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births) and neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births) are 56 and 36 respectively.
Academic text (2007) -
All mortality rates are per 1,000 live births. The neonatal mortality rate is the probability of dying within the first month of life. The infant mortality rate is the probability of dying before the first birthday. The under-5 mortality rate is the probability of dying between birth and the fifth birthday.
Academic text (2016) -
Efforts to reduce the neonatal mortality rate have led to significant improvements in healthcare for newborns.
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The study revealed that the neonatal mortality rate was highest among infants born to mothers with limited access to prenatal care.
Synonyms
1
6.0
The rate of babies who die in their first 28 days
How High
- Specialized
20
4.1
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The overall meaning is directly and compositionally built from the constituents: 'neonatal' (pertaining to the first month of life) + 'mortality' (deaths in a population) + 'rate' (frequency per unit), so a learner who knows these words can infer it refers to the number/frequency of deaths of newborns. This modifier+noun+noun construction is a common, transparent analytic pattern (e.g. Spanish/French equivalents: tasa/taux de mortalidad neonatal), so it will be immediately comprehensible to learners who know the parts.
Etymology
Neonatal mortality rate comes from its parts: neonatal meaning 'newborn', mortality meaning 'death', and rate meaning a 'number' or 'measure'. So it literally counts how many newborn babies die in the 'first 28 days' of life for every '1,000' live births, and that number helps show how good care for mothers and babies is.