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- 1. the death of children under the age of one year: "the decline of infant mortality in the 20th century"
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Statistical concept of infant deaths
Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday. The occurrence of infant mortality in a population can be described by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births. Similarly, the child mortality rate, also known as the under-five mortality rate, compares the death rate of children up to the age... Wikipedia