Phrase guide

infant mortality rate

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year of age for every 1,000 live births in a society.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the death rate during the first year of life

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: infant deathrate, infant mortality

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deathrate, death rate, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate

History

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Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 嬰兒死亡率 /婴儿死亡率 (yīng'ér sǐwánglǜ) — number of deaths among infants
  • Finnish: imeväiskuolleisuus — number of deaths among infants
  • Hindi: शिशु मृत्यु दर (śiśu mŕtyu dar) — number of deaths among infants
  • Indonesian: angka kematian bayi — number of deaths among infants
  • Malay: kadar kematian bayi — number of deaths among infants
  • Malay: kadar mortaliti bayi — number of deaths among infants
  • Malay: kadar kemortalan bayi — number of deaths among infants
  • Russian: коэффицие́нт де́тской сме́ртности (koefficijént détskoj smértnosti) — number of deaths among infants
  • Russian: коэффицие́нт младе́нческой сме́ртности (koefficijént mladénčeskoj smértnosti) — number of deaths among infants