MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1994 Apr 29;43(16):288-9.
National health objectives for the year 2000 include reducing the overall infant mortality rate (i.e., deaths at age < 1 year per 1000 live births) to no more than 7.0 per 1000 live births (objective 14.1) and the infant mortality rate for blacks to no more than 11.0 (objective 14.1a). Achieving this goal will require reducing the race-specific differences in infant mortality. During 1979-1981, infant mortality was the second leading cause of excess deaths among blacks aged < 45 years, accounting for approximately 6000 more deaths among black infants than among white infants. Since 1960, rates for infant mortality and low birthweight (LBW) (< 2500 g [< 5 lbs, 8 oz]) for blacks were twice those for whites; these ratios remained stable through the early 1980s. To characterize current trends in the ratios of race-specific infant mortality, LBW, and very low birthweight (VLBW) (< 1500 g [< 3 lbs, 4 oz]) rates among blacks and whites, data were analyzed from published reports of final birth and mortality statistics from 1980 through 1991*. This report summarizes the results of that analysis.
2000年的国家卫生目标包括将总体婴儿死亡率（即每1000例活产中<1岁婴儿的死亡数）降至每1000例活产不超过7.0（目标14.1），将黑人婴儿死亡率降至不超过11.0（目标14.1a）。要实现这一目标，需要缩小婴儿死亡率方面的种族差异。在1979 - 1981年期间，婴儿死亡率是45岁以下黑人中额外死亡的第二大主要原因，黑人婴儿死亡人数比白人婴儿多约6000人。自1960年以来，黑人的婴儿死亡率和低出生体重（LBW，<2500克[<5磅8盎司]）率是白人的两倍；这些比率在20世纪80年代初之前一直保持稳定。为了描述当前黑人和白人在种族特异性婴儿死亡率、低出生体重率和极低出生体重（VLBW，<1500克[<3磅4盎司]）率方面的趋势，对1980年至1991年*最终出生和死亡率统计的已发表报告中的数据进行了分析。本报告总结了该分析结果。
