Infant Mortality

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This paper focuses on the causes of the high infant mortality rate in Philadelphia, the city with the highest infant mortality rate in the U.S. The paper analyzes the issue in detail and suggests some remedial measures that might be undertaken to help mitigate the problem.

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"Infant mortality by definition refers to the "death of infants that occur within the first year of their life". The infant mortality rate is the "number of infant deaths within the first year of life per 1,000 live births per year" . [UDOH]. Infant deaths fall under the following two categories namely perinatal deaths and neonatal deaths. Perinatal deaths include fetal deaths, those that occur after 20 or more weeks of gestation, and deaths that occur within the first 28 days after delivery of the baby. Neonatal deaths refer to infant deaths that occur after 28 days of birth and within one year. This classification serves to provide us with a better picture of the actual conditions that result in infant deaths. It has to be noted however, that, in general many conditions that originate in the perinatal period are responsible for the large proportion of deaths in the neonatal period."

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