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Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, per state
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  >9.0

This is a list of U.S. states, the District of Columbia and territories by infant mortality rates in 2021. The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. The child mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants and children under five years old per 100,000 live births.

List by infant mortality rate

US States by infant mortality in 2021 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.[1]

Rank State,
federal district, or territory 		Infant mortality per 1,000
live births 		Infant deaths
1 North Dakota 2.77 28
2 Massachusetts 3.23 223
3 New Jersey 3.57 362
4 Oregon 3.79 155
5 New Hampshire 3.96 50
6 Iowa 3.99 147
7 California 4.07 1,713
8 New York 4.16 876
9 Rhode Island 4.3 45
10 Washington 4.36 366
11 Utah 4.58 214
12 Connecticut 4.65 166
13 Hawaii 4.67 73
14 New Mexico 4.77 102
Delaware 4.77 50
16 Minnesota 4.83 311
17 Montana 4.9 55
18 Colorado 4.99 314
19 Maine 5 60
20 Idaho 5.13 115
21 Texas 5.29 1,977
22 Kansas 5.3 184
23 Wisconsin 5.36 331
24 Pennsylvania 5.37 712
−  United States 5.44 19,886
25 Wyoming 5.45 34
26 Arizona 5.47 426
27 Nebraska 5.49 135
28 Illinois 5.62 743
29 Nevada 5.76 194
30 Missouri 5.85 406
31 Florida 5.9 1,275
Puerto Rico[2] 5.9 …
33 Virginia 5.96 571
34 Maryland 5.99 409
35 South Dakota 6.07 69
36 Kentucky 6.15 321
37 Tennessee 6.18 505
38 Michigan 6.22 653
39  Georgia 6.25 776
40 Vermont (2018) 6.44 35
41 North Carolina 6.72 809
42 Indiana 6.75 540
43 West Virginia 6.8 117
44 District of Columbia 6.81[3] …
45 Ohio 7.06 916
46 Oklahoma 7.13 345
47 Louisiana 7.24 416
48 South Carolina 7.26 415
49 Alaska 7.37 69
50 U.S. Virgin Islands[2] 7.5 …
51 Alabama 7.56 439
52 Arkansas 8.59 309
53 Mississippi 9.39 330
54 American Samoa[1] 9.9 …
55 Guam[2] 11.2 …
56 Northern Mariana Islands[2] 12.2 …

References

  1. ^ a b “Stats of the States – Infant Mortality”. www.cdc.gov. 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  2. ^ a b c d “Infant mortality rate – The World Factbook”. www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  3. ^ “District of Columbia”. www.cdc.gov. 2023-09-12. Retrieved 2024-03-02.