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Infant mortality rate

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-000942

The number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age from a cohort of 1,000 live births. Denoted 1q0 or IMR, it is the probability of dying between birth and exact age 1.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-000942
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoCrude death rate; DHS; Death rate; MICS; Sex ratio at birth; Under-5 mortality
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000942",
  "term": "Infant mortality rate",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "The number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age from a cohort of 1,000 live births. Denoted 1q0 or IMR, it is the probability of dying between birth and exact age 1.",
  "see_also": [
    "Crude death rate",
    "DHS",
    "Death rate",
    "MICS",
    "Sex ratio at birth",
    "Under-5 mortality"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/infant-mortality-rate/"
}

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