- infant mortality
- infant mortality n the rate of deaths occurring in the first year of life
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Infant 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… … Wikipedia
infant 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 … Useful english dictionary
Infant 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,… … Medical dictionary
infant 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 … Useful english dictionary
infant 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 … Dictionary of contemporary English
infant 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… … Medical dictionary
infant 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… … The new mediacal dictionary
infant mortality rate — See mortality RATE … Dictionary of sociology
infant 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 … Geography glossary
infant mortality — noun the death of children under the age of one year … English new terms dictionary
