- The CDC admitted Wednesday the infant mortality rate rose by an alarming 3 percent in 2022. The spike is the first time the infant mortality rate has risen in 20 years.
- In a statement, University of Maryland infant mortality researcher Marie Thoma told CBS News: “It’s definitely concerning, given that it’s going in the opposite direction from what it has been.”
- The demographics seeing the largest increase in infant mortality rates were white Americans, Native Americans, all males, and babies born at 37 weeks or earlier.
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Infant Mortality Rate Rises For First Time In 20 Years
Ada Hegde, age 14 months, reacts as registered nurse Reisa Lancaster administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Children's National Hospital's research campus, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Washington. Holding Ada are her mother Sarah Close and father Chinmay Hegde. U.S. health officials have opened COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the shots. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
