US Infant Mortality Increases for First Time in Decades: CDC Report

Published on July 25, 2024

In 2022, infant mortality increased 3 percent from 2021, the first significant increase in decades, according to a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The last significant increase in infant mortality rate occurred in 2002. Since 1995, U.S. infant mortality has generally trended downward, the agency’s researchers wrote. The CDC recorded a slight increase in infant mortality rates in 2021, from 5.42 deaths per 100,000 births in 2020 to 5.44 in 2021. In 2021, fewer than 20,000 infants died. In 2022, over 20,500 infants died, with 5.61 deaths out of 100,000 live births. The CDC report did not give a clear reason for the increase, saying that the top five reasons for infant mortality have remained the same from 2021 to 2022....

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