Infant mortality--United States, 1992.

The final infant mortality (death before age 1 year) rate for the United States for 1992-8.5 infant deaths per 1000 live-born infants--was the lowest rate ever recorded and represented a decrease of 4.5% from the rate of 8.9 for 1991 (Figure 1). Based on provisional data, the trend in declining infant mortality continued through 1993 (rate: 8.3). This report characterizes infant mortality in 1992 using information from birth and death certificates compiled by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics and compares findings with those for 1991.