Infant mortality

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Infant mortality is the death of infants in the first year of life. Major causes of infant mortality include congenital malformation, infection and SIDS.

Neonatal mortality is a subcategory which only includes deaths in the first 27 days of life. Post-Neonatal death is a subcategory which only includes deaths after 28 days of life but before one year.

See also : infant mortality rate.

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