Table 1

Table 1. Infant deaths and infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates: United States, 1933, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1975-2001 final, and 2002 (preliminary and latest processed) [Rates per 1,000 live births]

Year	Infant deaths	Infant mortality rate
		Total	Neonatal (under 28 days)			Postneonatal (28 days - 11 months)
		Total	Total	Under 7 days	7-27 days	Postneonatal (28 days - 11 months)
2002¹	28,042	7.0	4.7	3.7	0.9	2.3
2002²	27,977	7.0	4.7	?	?	2.3
2001	27,568	6.8	4.5	3.6	0.9	2.3
2000	28,035	6.9	4.6	3.7	1.0	2.3
1999	27,937	7.1	4.7	3.8	1.0	2.3
1998	28,371	7.2	4.8	3.8	1.0	2.4
1997	28,045	7.2	4.8	3.8	0.9	2.5
1996	28,487	7.3	4.8	3.8	0.9	2.5
1995	29,583	7.6	4.9	4.0	0.9	2.7
1994	31,710	8.0	5.1	4.2	0.9	2.9
1993	33,466	8.4	5.3	4.3	0.9	3.1
1992	34,628	8.5	5.4	4.4	1.0	3.1
1991	36,766	8.9	5.6	4.6	1.0	3.4
1990	38,351	9.2	5.8	4.8	1.0	3.4
1989	39,655	9.8	6.2	5.1	1.1	3.6
1988	38,910	10.0	6.3	5.2	1.1	3.6
1987	38,408	10.1	6.5	5.4	1.1	3.6
1986	38,891	10.4	6.7	5.6	1.1	3.6
1985	40,030	10.6	7.0	5.8	1.2	3.7
1984	39,580	10.8	7.0	5.9	1.1	3.8
1983	40,627	11.2	7.3	6.1	1.2	3.9
1982	42,401	11.5	7.7	6.4	1.3	3.8
1981	43,305	11.9	8.0	6.7	1.3	3.9
1980	45,526	12.6	8.5	7.1	1.4	4.1
1979	45,665	13.1	8.9	7.5	1.4	4.2
1978	45,945	13.8	9.5	8.0	1.5	4.3
1977	46,975	14.1	9.9	8.4	1.5	4.2
1976	48,265	15.2	10.9	9.3	1.6	4.3
1975	50,525	16.1	11.6	10.0	1.6	4.5
1970	74,667	20.0	15.1	13.6	1.5	4.9
1960	110,873	26.0	18.7	16.7	2.0	7.3
1950	103,825	29.2	20.5	17.8	2.7	8.7
1940	110,984	47.0	28.8	23.3	5.5	18.3
1933³	120,887	58.1	34.0	26.3	7.7	24.1
? Data not available. ¹ Partially edited data processed through January 2004. ² Preliminary data processed though July 10, 2003. ³ First year in which all States were included in the collection of death statistics. SOURCE: Various CDC/NCHS publications; see text.