Infant mortality--United States, 1988

In 1988, 38,910 infants less than 1 year of age died in the United States, 502 fewer than in 1987. The infant mortality rate of 10.0 infant deaths per 1000 live births was the lowest final rate ever recorded; the rate was 10.1 in 1987. This report summarizes final 1988 infant mortality data based on information from death certificates compiled by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics' Vital Statistics System (1) and compares findings with those for 1987.