infant mortality rate

Noun

Meaning

the death rate during the first year of life

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

infant deathrate infant mortality infant death infantile mortality child mortality child death childhood deaths childhood mortality infantile mortality rate mortality of children child mortality rate infant deaths infant mortality rates mortality in children child death rates

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Antonyms

expected death expected mortality awaited death old-age mortality normal mortality mortality among elderly people

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Hypernyms

mortality mortality rate death rate fatality rate deathrate

Examples

Yesterday in this country we had people die of hunger and malnutrition. In some parts of this country, the infant mortality rate rivals that of sub-Saharan Africa. We have a public education system that ranks below that of almost any other Western nation. Alcee Hastings

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