infant mortality

noun

The occurrence of death of very young children under one year old.

Similar
infant deathrateinfant mortality rate

Meanings

nouninfant mortality (usually uncountable, plural infant mortalities)

plural infant mortalities

  1. uncountableusuallyThe occurrence of death of very young children under one year old.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe death rate during the first year of life

Similar
infant deathrateinfant mortality rate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan mortalitat infantil
  • mortalitat infantildeath of children under one year old
Danish spædbarnsdødelighed
  • spædbarnsdødeligheddeath of children under one year old
Dutch zuigelingensterfte
  • zuigelingensterftedeath of children under one year old
Finnish imeväiskuolleisuus
  • imeväiskuolleisuusdeath of children under one year old
French mortalité infantile
  • mortalité infantiledeath of children under one year old
German Säuglingssterblichkeit
  • Säuglingssterblichkeitdeath of children under one year old
Greek βρεφική θνησιμότητα
  • βρεφική θνησιμότητα (vrefikí thnisimótita)death of children under one year old
Hungarian csecsemőhalandóság
  • csecsemőhalandóságdeath of children under one year old
Irish básmhaireacht naíonán
  • básmhaireacht naíonándeath of children under one year old
Italian mortalità infantile
  • mortalità infantiledeath of children under one year old
Norwegian Bokmål spedbarnsdødelighet
  • spedbarnsdødelighetdeath of children under one year old
Polish umieralność niemowląt
  • umieralność niemowlątdeath of children under one year old
Romanian mortalitate infantilă
  • mortalitate infantilădeath of children under one year old
Spanish mortalidad infantil
  • mortalidad infantildeath of children under one year old
Swedish spädbarnsdödlighet, spädbarnsmortalitet
  • spädbarnsdödlighetdeath of children under one year old
  • spädbarnsmortalitetdeath of children under one year old
Cite this entry
APA

infant mortality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infant%20mortality

MLA

“infant mortality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infant%20mortality. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infant mortality,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infant%20mortality.

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