National Birth Injury Lawyer News
Black Infant Mortality Rate Has Remained Unchanged Since 2008
Each year in Illinois, approximately 145,000 live-born infants, and 950 infants die before their first birthday. While the overall infant mortality rate for Illinois infants decreased almost 25% between 2000 and 2018, approximately two-thirds of all infant deaths still occurred during the neonatal period and disproportionally impacted Black babies.
- Infant mortality: the death of an infant before their first birthday