NEONATAL AND POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY
Neonatal
In 2000, 18,737 infants younger than 28 days died,
resulting in a preliminary neonatal mortality rate
of 461.6 deaths per 100,000 live births. This neonatal
mortality rate represents a 2.5 percent decrease from
that reported in 1999.
Postneonatal
In 2000, 9,250 infants between 28 days and 1 year
of age died; the preliminary postneonatal mortality
rate was 227.9 deaths per 100,000 live births. The
2000 rate is not statistically different from the
1999 rate.
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