Infant Mortality
Infant Mortality Infant Mortality, the measure of the number of babies who die before reaching their first birthday, is divided into two categories. ... Postneonatal deaths are often to related to an infant’s environment and the way it was taken care of. But out of both of these types of deaths there are only 5 leading causes of infant mortality. The first leading cause of death is when the infant has respiratory distress syndrome. ... The second leading cause of infant deaths are any problems related to complications of pregnancy. ... As many as 12,000 infants are born with this each year, and even though very few die from this, it is still a main factor of infant mortality. ... The third cause of infant mortality is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). SIDS is the sudden death of an infant under one year of age which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history. ... Mortality among heavier but still low birth weight babies is much lower at around 2 percent, though still higher than those who are born above that weight. ... The last and most leading cause of infant mortality at this time is congenital anomalies. ... The infant mortality rate in these cases is as high as 90 percent.