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Infant Mortality Rate (Deaths per 1,000 Live Births), Linked Files, 2003-2005

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 Infant Death Rate
United States6.81
Alabama9.0
Alaska6.4
Arizona6.7
Arkansas8.3
California5.2
Colorado6.3
Connecticut5.5
Delaware9.0
District of Columbia12.2
Florida7.2
Georgia8.4
Hawaii6.7
Idaho6.1
Illinois7.5
Indiana7.9
Iowa5.4
Kansas7.1
Kentucky6.8
Louisiana9.8
Maine5.9
Maryland8.0
Massachusetts4.9
Michigan8.0
Minnesota4.8
Mississippi10.7
Missouri7.6
Montana6.4
Nebraska5.9
Nevada5.9
New Hampshire5.0
New Jersey5.4
New Mexico6.1
New York6.0
North Carolina8.6
North Dakota6.4
Ohio7.8
Oklahoma7.9
Oregon5.7
Pennsylvania7.3
Rhode Island6.2
South Carolina9.0
South Dakota7.2
Tennessee8.9
Texas6.4
Utah4.9
Vermont5.4
Virginia7.5
Washington5.4
West Virginia7.7
Wisconsin6.3
Wyoming7.0
Guam11.1
Puerto Rico8.9
Virgin Islands7.4
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Notes: 

Infants are defined as children under one year of age.

Sources: 

Matthews, TJ, M.S., et. al. Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2005 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set. Division of Vital Statistics. National Vital Statistics Report, Vol 57, No. 2, July 30, 2008. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/nvsr/nvsr.htm#vol57.

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Footnotes: 
  1. U.S. total does not include the territories.


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