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Statistics on children, youth and families in Alaska from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Alaska Children's Trust
Infant mortality rate
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
The number of deaths among infants under 1 year, per 1,000 live births by Alaska Public Health Region. This is a 5-year average.
Region for denominator is determined by maternal residence, not site of delivery. Region for numerator is child's place of residence, not place of death.
Region for denominator is determined by maternal residence, not site of delivery. Region for numerator is child's place of residence, not place of death.
Data Source
Alaska Section of Health Analytics and Vital Records
More data on this topic can be found using the Alaska Maternal and Child Health Indicators site, Alaska Department of Health, Division of Public Health, Section of Women's, Children's, and Family Health; Infant mortality in Alaska dashboard accessed on: 2023-10-27.
More data on this topic can be found using the Alaska Maternal and Child Health Indicators site, Alaska Department of Health, Division of Public Health, Section of Women's, Children's, and Family Health; Infant mortality in Alaska dashboard accessed on: 2023-10-27.
Notes
Five years of data were combined to minimize the unreliability of measurement due to the small number of actual events. The reported values are a moving average across five years.
Last Updated
October 2023