Infant mortality in the United States was down by 15% from 2005 to 2014, with 33 states reporting significant declines, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
The overall rate for 2014 was 5.82 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, compared with 6.84 per 1,000 in 2005. The data for individual states were grouped into 3-year periods, so between the periods of 2005-2007 and 2012-2014, there were 33 states (and the District of Columbia) with a significant decline and 17 states with no significant change. Three states – Maine, South Dakota, and Utah – had increased infant mortality, but the changes did not reach significance, the NCHS reported, using data from the National Vital Statistics System.
