Infant deaths, percentage of deaths, and infant mortality rate, by five leading causes of infant death: United States, 2010–2022
| Year | Congenital malformations (Q00–Q99) | Short gestation and low birthweight,not elsewhere classified (P07) | Sudden infant death syndrome (R95) | Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01–X59) | Maternal complications of pregnancy (P01) | ||||||||||
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| Number | Percent | Rate (deaths per 100,000 live births) | Number | Percent | Rate (deaths per 100,000 live births) | Number | Percent | Rate (deaths per 100,000 live births) | Number | Percent | Rate (deaths per 100,000 live births) | Number | Percent | Rate (deaths per 100,000 live births) | |
| 2022 | 4,004 | 19.5 | 109.2 | 2,884 | 14.0 | 78.6 | 1,531 | 7.4 | 41.7 | 1,351 | 6.6 | 36.8 | 1,213 | 5.9 | 33.1 |
| 2021 | 3,990 | 20.0 | 108.9 | 2,957 | 14.8 | 80.7 | 1,458 | 7.3 | 39.8 | 1,300 | 6.5 | 35.5 | 1,113 | 5.6 | 30.4 |
| 2020 | 4,047 | 20.7 | 112.0 | 3,152 | 16.1 | 87.2 | 1,386 | 7.1 | 38.4 | 1,192 | 6.1 | 33.0 | 1,115 | 5.7 | 30.9 |
| 2019 | 4,313 | 20.6 | 115.1 | 3,460 | 16.5 | 92.3 | 1,251 | 6.0 | 33.4 | 1,264 | 6.0 | 33.7 | 1,250 | 6.0 | 33.4 |
| 2018 | 4,501 | 20.9 | 118.7 | 3,683 | 17.1 | 97.1 | 1,331 | 6.2 | 35.1 | 1,169 | 5.4 | 30.8 | 1,371 | 6.4 | 36.2 |
| 2017 | 4,596 | 20.6 | 119.2 | 3,757 | 16.8 | 97.4 | 1,360 | 6.1 | 35.3 | 1,313 | 5.9 | 34.1 | 1,436 | 6.4 | 37.2 |
| 2016 | 4,823 | 20.8 | 122.2 | 3,926 | 17.0 | 99.5 | 1,498 | 6.5 | 38.0 | 1,217 | 5.3 | 30.8 | 1,407 | 6.1 | 35.7 |
| 2015 | 4,847 | 20.7 | 121.8 | 4,087 | 17.4 | 102.7 | 1,567 | 6.7 | 39.4 | 1,289 | 5.5 | 32.4 | 1,527 | 6.5 | 38.4 |
| 2014 | 4,754 | 20.5 | 119.2 | 4,172 | 18.0 | 104.6 | 1,541 | 6.6 | 38.6 | 1,163 | 5.0 | 29.2 | 1,580 | 6.8 | 39.6 |
| 2013 | 4,778 | 20.4 | 121.5 | 4,213 | 18.0 | 107.1 | 1,561 | 6.7 | 39.7 | 1,150 | 4.9 | 29.2 | 1,597 | 6.8 | 40.6 |
| 2012 | 4,967 | 21.0 | 125.7 | 4,214 | 17.8 | 106.6 | 1,676 | 7.1 | 42.4 | 1,163 | 4.9 | 29.4 | 1,518 | 6.4 | 38.4 |
| 2011 | 5,016 | 20.9 | 126.9 | 4,115 | 17.1 | 104.1 | 1,905 | 7.9 | 48.2 | 1,167 | 4.9 | 29.5 | 1,598 | 6.7 | 40.4 |
| 2010 | 5,115 | 20.8 | 127.9 | 4,151 | 16.9 | 103.8 | 2,058 | 8.4 | 51.5 | 1,107 | 4.5 | 27.7 | 1,563 | 6.4 | 39.1 |
NOTE: The five leading causes of death (based on International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, 1992) were the same for 2010–2020, but ranking changed in 2020 compared with previous years.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, linked birth/infant death file.
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