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Statistics
Table 1. Infant Mortality and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Totals and Rates per 1,000
Live Births, 1983-2005
| Year | Infant Mortality Total | SIDS Total | Infant Mortality Rate | SIDS Rate | 1983 | 40,627 | 5,305 | 11.2 | 1.5 | 1984 | 39,580 | 5,245 | 10.8 | 1.4 | 1985 | 40,030 | 5,315 | 10.6 | 1.4 | 1986 | 38,891 | 5,278 | 10.4 | 1.4 | 1987 | 38,408 | 5,230 | 10.1 | 1.4 | 1988 | 38,910 | 5,476 | 10 | 1.4 | 1989 | 39,655 | 5,634 | 9.8 | 1.4 | 1990 | 38,351 | 5,417 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 1991 | 36,766 | 5,349 | 8.9 | 1.3 | 1992 | 34,628 | 4,891 | 8.5 | 1.2 | 1993 | 33,466 | 4,669 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 1994 | 31,710 | 4,073 | 8 | 1 | 1995 | 29,583 | 3,397 | 7.6 | 0.9 | 1996 | 28,487 | 3,050 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 1997 | 28,045 | 2,991 | 7.2 | 0.8 | 1998 | 28,371 | 2,822 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 1999 | 27,937 | 2,648 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 2000 | 28,035 | 2,523 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 2001 | 27,568 | 2,234 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 2002 | 28,034 | 2,295 | 7 | 0.6 | 2003 | 28,025 | 2,162 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 2004 | 27,936 | 2,246 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 2005 | 28,440 | 2,230 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
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Sources 1983–1994
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, United States, 1983-1994. 1996. MMWR Weekly. 45(40): 859-863. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00043987.htm.
Kochanek, KD, Martin, JA. Supplemental analyses of recent trends in infant mortality. Reviewed October 15, 2008. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/infantmort/infantmort.htm.
Sources 1995–2005
Anderson, RN, Kochanek, KD, and Murphy, SL. 1997. Report of final mortality statistics, 1995. Monthly Vital Statistics Report; 45 (11, supp 2). 1-80. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/mvsr/supp/mv45_11s2.pdf
Deaths: Final data [for 1996-2005]. 1998-2008. National Vital Statistics Reports; vols 47-56. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/nvsr.htm.
