infant mortality rate

Noun

Meaning

the death rate during the first year of life

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

infant deathrate infant mortality infant death child mortality child death child mortality rate death among children death rate among children infant deaths mortality of children childhood mortality infantile mortality child fatalities child fatality child morbidity
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Antonyms

death in old age expected death old-age mortality death of elder mortality among elderly people mortality in old age
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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

Close letter words and terms

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