National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 58, Number 17, April 30, 2010. Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2006 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set

摘要

This report presents 2006 period infant mortality statistics from the linked birth/infant death data set (linked file) by a variety of maternal and infant characteristics. The linked file differs from the mortality file, which is based entirely on death certificate data. Descriptive tabulations of data are presented and interpreted.