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Statistics on children, youth and families in Rhode Island from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
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 occurring to infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births.
Data Source
Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Health Data and Analysis, Maternal and Child Health Database.
Notes
The data are reported by place of mother’s residence, not place of infant’s birth. The year indicated is the mid-year of a five-year period of data.
Last Updated
October 2017