Table 3. Infant deaths and infant mortality rates for all causes and infant mortality rates by leading causes: United States, preliminary 2002, and final 1990-2001 [Rates per 100,000 live births]

 

ICD-101

ICD-92,3
Cause of death (Based on the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, 1992)
20024 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
 
All causes (deaths) 27,977 27,568 28,035 27,937 28,371 28,045 28,487 29,583 31,710 33,466 34,628 36,766 38,351
All causes (rates) 696.1 684.8 690.7 705.6 719.8 722.6 732.0 758.6 802.2 836.6 851.9 894.4 922.3
 
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) 140.7 136.9 141.5 138.2 157.6 159.2 164.0 168.1 173.4 178.2 183.2 186.9 198.1
Disorders relating to short gestation and low
  birth weight, not elsewhere classified (P07)		 114.4 109.5 108.3 110.9 104.0 101.1 100.3 100.9 107.6 107.7 99.3 100.7 96.5
Sudden infant death syndrome (R95) 50.6 55.5 62.2 66.9 71.6 77.1 78.4 87.1 103.0 116.7 120.3 130.1 130.3
Newborn affected by maternal complications of
  pregnancy (P01)		 42.9 37.2 34.6 35.3 34.1 32.1 32.1 33.6 32.8 33.6 35.9 37.4 39.8
Newborn affected by complications of placenta,
  cord and membranes (P02)		 25.3 25.3 26.2 25.9 24.4 24.7 24.4 24.7 24.0 24.8 24.4 23.4 23.4
Respiratory distress of newborn (P22) 23.8 25.1 24.6 28.0 32.9 33.5 35.0 37.3 39.6 45.4 50.8 62.5 68.5
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59) 22.2 24.2 21.7 21.3 18.3 19.0 20.0 19.5 21.7 21.6 19.2 22.3 21.8
Bacterial sepsis of newborn (P36) 18.3 17.3 18.9 17.5 18.7 18.4 17.6 18.4 18.7 17.2 19.8 19.3 19.2
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) 16.1 15.4 16.3 16.8 25.2 24.7 24.3 24.8 24.1 23.6 23.2 22.8 24.5
Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia (P20-P21) 14.4 13.3 15.5 15.5 11.7 11.6 11.0 12.2 13.6 13.7 15.1 14.6 18.3

1 World Health Organization. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision. Geneva: World Health Organization. 1992.
2 World Health Organization. Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death, based on the recommendations of the Ninth Revision Conference, 1975. Geneva: World Health Organization. 1977.
3 Cause of death titles in ICD-9 differ in some cases from those in ICD-10. Breaks in the comparability of some causes listed have resulted in changes in category titles and from coding rules used to select the underlying cause of death. Comparisons between 1998 and 1999 infant mortality rates by cause of death in this table should not be made. The trends displayed should be interpreted separately as trends from 1990-1998 and 1999-2002. For a complete explanation of differences and measurement of the discontinuities between ICD-9 and ICD-10, see reference number 5 from the text section of this Health E-Stat.
4 Preliminary data for 2002 processed through July 10, 2003.
 SOURCE: Various CDC/NCHS publications; see text.