Odds of infant mortality higher among US-born than non-US-born individuals

U.S.-born individuals have higher odds of infant mortality than non-U.S.-born individuals, according to a study published ...

Infant mortality in Tennessee remains persistently higher than national average

Tennessee’s infant mortality rate has dipped since 2019 but remains significantly and persistently higher than the national ...
MedPage Today

Birth Rates, Infant Mortality Increased in Abortion Ban States

In states with abortion bans, birth rates increased after Roe was overturned. Infant mortality rates also rose in these same states. The greatest differences were seen among marginalized women. In 14 ...
Fast Company

3 things the pronatalist movement gets wrong about birth rates

Pronatalism—the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed—is having a moment in the U.S. Demographers generally gauge births in a population with a measure called the total ...