infant mortality
1infant mortality — n the rate of deaths occurring in the first year of life …
2Infant mortality — World infant mortality rates in 2008[1] Infant mortality is defined as the number of infant deaths (one year of age or younger) per 1000 live births. Traditionally, the most common cause worldwide was dehydration from diarrhea. However, the… …
3infant mortality — noun the death rate during the first year of life • Syn: ↑infant deathrate, ↑infant mortality rate • Hypernyms: ↑deathrate, ↑death rate, ↑mortality, ↑mortality rate, ↑fatality rate …
4Infant mortality rate — The number of children dying under a year of age divided by the number of live births that year. The infant mortality rate is also called the infant death rate. The infant mortality rate is an important measure of the well being of infants,… …
5infant mortality rate — noun the death rate during the first year of life • Syn: ↑infant deathrate, ↑infant mortality • Hypernyms: ↑deathrate, ↑death rate, ↑mortality, ↑mortality rate, ↑fatality rate …
6infant mortality rate — infant mor tality rate n the number of deaths of babies under one year old, expressed as the number out of every 1000 babies born alive in a year …
7infant mortality rate — (IMR) the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1000 live births in a given year. Included in the IMR are the neonatal mortality rate (calculated from deaths occurring in the first four weeks of life) and postneonatal mortality… …
8infant mortality rate — IMR the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births in a given year. Included in the IMR are the neonatal mortality rate (calculated from deaths occurring in the first four weeks of life) and postneonatal mortality… …
9infant mortality rate — See mortality RATE …
10infant mortality — the number of deaths of infants below one year of age as a proportion of every thousand live births in that population in that year …
