infant mortality
Let an agent handle infant mortality with sourced statistics and neutral, non-graphic language, route bereaved families to support, and point parents with urgent concerns about a baby to emergency care.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle infant mortality with sourced statistics and neutral, non-graphic language, route bereaved families to support, and point parents with urgent concerns about a baby to emergency care.
The death of infants before their first birthday, usually expressed as the infant mortality rate, the number of deaths under one year of age per 1,000 live births; it includes neonatal mortality in the first 28 days and is a key indicator of population health.
What it is for: Public health measurement and policy.
It can be find infant mortality statistics with sources and dates; explain how rates are defined and compared; find bereavement support for families; find official safe sleep and newborn health guidance.
Distinguishing features
Rate per 1,000 live births
Key population health indicator
Varies widely between countries
Has fallen greatly over recent decades
What it looks like
Not physical; reported in statistics, charts and health reports.
How it is recognised
Deaths per 1,000 live births
Neonatal and post-neonatal components
Under-five mortality is a broader indicator
Related models
is a kind of - category
is measured by - data
is reported by - source
is related to - cause
In practice
Families and kinds
neonatal mortality
early and late neonatal mortality
post-neonatal mortality
perinatal mortality (related)
Identifiers
SDG indicator 3.2 target on newborn and under-five deaths
Standards and regulation
WHO definitions of live birth and neonatal period
Sustainable Development Goal target 3.2
Civil registration law
Failure modes and hazards
Comparing rates with different definitions
Insensitive language to bereaved parents
Undated statistics
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Urgent Babies in danger.
Safety comes first.
Baby
Urgent signs.
Baby
Urgent signs in babies.
- Is a baby unresponsive, not breathing normally, blue or very unwell? boundary
- Should emergency services be called now? action
Sleep
Safe sleep.
Sleep
Safe sleep.
- What safe sleep guidance do health authorities give? provenance
- Where can parents get more advice? provenance
Statistics Data.
Figures need definitions.
Rate
Current figures.
Rate
Infant mortality rate.
- What is the infant mortality rate here, according to which source and year? provenance
- Is it an estimate or registered data? boundary
Compare
Comparisons.
Compare
Comparisons.
- Are definitions of live birth consistent between the countries compared? boundary
- Which harmonised source should be used? provenance
Causes Public health.
Causes guide policy.
Main causes
General causes.
Main causes
Main causes.
- What are the leading causes of infant deaths, according to WHO or national data? provenance
- Which interventions reduce them? provenance
Inequality
Differences.
Inequality
Inequalities.
- How do rates differ between regions or groups, according to official data? provenance
- Is the description free of blame or stereotypes? boundary
Support Bereaved families.
Compassion first.
Bereavement
Support services.
Bereavement
Bereavement support.
- Which bereavement charities or services support parents after the death of a baby? provenance
- Is the person in crisis and needing urgent support? boundary
Language
Sensitive language.
Language
Sensitive language.
- Is the language compassionate and non-graphic? boundary
- Does it avoid implying blame? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should neonatal mortality be a separate entry?
- How should country figures be sourced?
- How should bereavement support be localised?