Infant Mortality Rates by Race & Ethnicity
Arkansas Infant Mortality Rates-White, NH
Current Value
7.4
Definition
Data Description and Source
Description: Negative trend. Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births in Arkansas among non-Hispanic Whites increased between 2012 (6.4) and 2016 (7.4), before decreasing to 5.7 by 2019, and finally increasing to 7.4 per 1,000 live births in 2021.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
Notes: The infant mortality rate is usually defined as the number of babies who die out of every 1,000 babies who are born alive. High infant mortality also means that there are public health problems in the community that need to be addressed.
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