Infant mortality--United States, 1990

The infant mortality rate for the United States for 1990-9.2 infant deaths per 1000 live births--was the lowest rate ever recorded and represented a decrease of 6% from the rate of 9.8 for 1989. This report summarizes 1990 infant mortality data based on information from birth and death certificates compiled by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics' (NCHS) Vital Statistics System and compares findings with those for 1989.