Matthews T J, Ely Danielle M, Driscoll Anne K
NCHS Data Brief. 2018 Jan(295):1-8.
Infant mortality has long been a basic measure of public health for countries around the world (1–3). While the overall infant mortality rate in the United States is lower than a decade ago, declining 14% from 6.86 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2005, a recent high, to 5.90 in 2015, the rate in 2015 was not statistically different from that in 2014 (5.82) (4–6). The variability in infant mortality rates by state and by race and Hispanic origin continues to receive attention (7,8). This report uses linked birth and infant death data from 2013 through 2015 to describe infant mortality rates in the United States by state, and for race and Hispanic-origin groups by state.
长期以来，婴儿死亡率一直是世界各国衡量公共卫生状况的一项基本指标(1-3)。虽然美国的总体婴儿死亡率低于十年前，从2005年每1000例活产中有6.86例婴儿死亡（近期的一个高点）下降了14%，降至2015年的5.90例，但2015年的这一比率与2014年（5.82）在统计学上并无差异(4-6)。各州以及不同种族和西班牙裔血统的婴儿死亡率差异一直备受关注(7,8)。本报告使用2013年至2015年的出生与婴儿死亡关联数据，按州以及按州内的种族和西班牙裔血统群体描述美国的婴儿死亡率。
