United States · Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)
5.52024
Unit: per 1,000 live births. Publisher measure: Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births).
Infant mortality probability before the first birthday (age 0–11 months), both sexes, expressed per 1,000 live births under reference-year mortality conditions.
Measurement basis: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) modelled or adjusted mortality probabilities/rates, disseminated by WHO.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: annual. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 76 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1949 | 33.229849958 | 31.897917596 | 34.660903387 | — |
| United States | 1950 | 32.349661727 | 31.433547639 | 33.328637565 | — |
| United States | 1951 | 31.497823648 | 30.830740573 | 32.1787051 | — |
| United States | 1952 | 30.660701266 | 30.112470949 | 31.214205288 | — |
| United States | 1953 | 29.855809521 | 29.352620831 | 30.364037297 | — |
| United States | 1954 | 29.107250495 | 28.602655043 | 29.607888273 | — |
| United States | 1955 | 28.44318043 | 27.954664798 | 28.921027419 | — |
| United States | 1956 | 27.862826874 | 27.389049721 | 28.327715665 | — |
| United States | 1957 | 27.347716078 | 26.88647778 | 27.805551282 | — |
| United States | 1958 | 26.873985445 | 26.436790556 | 27.315830386 | — |
| United States | 1959 | 26.414390273 | 25.980555025 | 26.850465873 | — |
| United States | 1960 | 25.944639957 | 25.514472187 | 26.363959836 | — |
| United States | 1961 | 25.459671896 | 25.03916463 | 25.869328664 | — |
| United States | 1962 | 24.961020369 | 24.539819446 | 25.368755196 | — |
| United States | 1963 | 24.448712943 | 24.049691642 | 24.848960749 | — |
| United States | 1964 | 23.91377939 | 23.525046492 | 24.319667269 | — |
| United States | 1965 | 23.346937314 | 22.972981801 | 23.742048873 | — |
| United States | 1966 | 22.74097462 | 22.376322599 | 23.123292138 | — |
| United States | 1967 | 22.096289981 | 21.748720025 | 22.465129814 | — |
| United States | 1968 | 21.413329926 | 21.069905864 | 21.75818018 | — |
| United States | 1969 | 20.686900121 | 20.354748748 | 21.030828602 | — |
| United States | 1970 | 19.925433878 | 19.605990928 | 20.254749925 | — |
| United States | 1971 | 19.136545141 | 18.8314022 | 19.45190888 | — |
| United States | 1972 | 18.335906636 | 18.033470145 | 18.647301879 | — |
| United States | 1973 | 17.528187009 | 17.245337004 | 17.821403927 | — |
| United States | 1974 | 16.727170256 | 16.453375608 | 17.011369662 | — |
| United States | 1975 | 15.935987685 | 15.681470568 | 16.203162407 | — |
| United States | 1976 | 15.173672513 | 14.926897004 | 15.421683745 | — |
| United States | 1977 | 14.447933997 | 14.213148899 | 14.688263063 | — |
| United States | 1978 | 13.771988716 | 13.547812907 | 13.999127432 | — |
| United States | 1979 | 13.149155448 | 12.929374766 | 13.366248144 | — |
| United States | 1980 | 12.580169877 | 12.362809017 | 12.785660499 | — |
| United States | 1981 | 12.066805104 | 11.85991817 | 12.264650689 | — |
| United States | 1982 | 11.612677732 | 11.41378849 | 11.810934967 | — |
| United States | 1983 | 11.225127814 | 11.034271404 | 11.414024225 | — |
| United States | 1984 | 10.895216022 | 10.709400332 | 11.079112444 | — |
| United States | 1985 | 10.613217639 | 10.438408763 | 10.788908758 | — |
| United States | 1986 | 10.367541728 | 10.201268338 | 10.538204066 | — |
| United States | 1987 | 10.138189751 | 9.971961495 | 10.313263206 | — |
| United States | 1988 | 9.905763672 | 9.743359787 | 10.080738471 | — |
| United States | 1989 | 9.655259374 | 9.492220406 | 9.832944741 | — |
| United States | 1990 | 9.377305213 | 9.216901558 | 9.550808859 | — |
| United States | 1991 | 9.07861994 | 8.926084148 | 9.241169749 | — |
| United States | 1992 | 8.769730111 | 8.624618162 | 8.92083895 | — |
| United States | 1993 | 8.4645011 | 8.327873738 | 8.604866883 | — |
| United States | 1994 | 8.176253394 | 8.040720152 | 8.310089044 | — |
| United States | 1995 | 7.917429216 | 7.78424365 | 8.047313422 | — |
| United States | 1996 | 7.69118104 | 7.559697529 | 7.818231972 | — |
| United States | 1997 | 7.500954038 | 7.370594961 | 7.628205595 | — |
| United States | 1998 | 7.347716782 | 7.222681619 | 7.470612394 | — |
| United States | 1999 | 7.222412281 | 7.100315512 | 7.342535634 | — |
| United States | 2000 | 7.118151512 | 7.00295365 | 7.23530679 | — |
| United States | 2001 | 7.03199581 | 6.917215096 | 7.147532129 | — |
| United States | 2002 | 6.960404455 | 6.846663531 | 7.074434737 | — |
| United States | 2003 | 6.896943127 | 6.785283807 | 7.008599928 | — |
| United States | 2004 | 6.834142971 | 6.724040528 | 6.94817543 | — |
| United States | 2005 | 6.764871852 | 6.655339933 | 6.880547106 | — |
| United States | 2006 | 6.68290712 | 6.574772326 | 6.799995849 | — |
| United States | 2007 | 6.58660919 | 6.479660107 | 6.702115343 | — |
| United States | 2008 | 6.474606216 | 6.373711985 | 6.579782503 | — |
| United States | 2009 | 6.353518954 | 6.260358085 | 6.448273398 | — |
| United States | 2010 | 6.232069045 | 6.145586423 | 6.31719743 | — |
| United States | 2011 | 6.114423576 | 6.034774455 | 6.194987752 | — |
| United States | 2012 | 6.009036005 | 5.930032861 | 6.087933271 | — |
| United States | 2013 | 5.916757371 | 5.838637212 | 5.993353293 | — |
| United States | 2014 | 5.834351485 | 5.75293917 | 5.915456578 | — |
| United States | 2015 | 5.75900668 | 5.674052264 | 5.844567161 | — |
| United States | 2016 | 5.689228139 | 5.600850703 | 5.77897283 | — |
| United States | 2017 | 5.624894687 | 5.534293692 | 5.716951916 | — |
| United States | 2018 | 5.567358744 | 5.472564351 | 5.660171382 | — |
| United States | 2019 | 5.523789694 | 5.42643905 | 5.619146973 | — |
| United States | 2020 | 5.498037823 | 5.401762304 | 5.592459087 | — |
| United States | 2021 | 5.489054894 | 5.391853995 | 5.58663512 | — |
| United States | 2022 | 5.490754035 | 5.375305988 | 5.60895597 | — |
| United States | 2023 | 5.493571567 | 5.337563049 | 5.653023424 | — |
| United States | 2024 | 5.482170984 | 5.259813324 | 5.714976035 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.