The infant mortality rate is calculated by dividing the number of infants who die within one year of birth by the number of infants who are born. The infant mortality rate is usually expressed as ...

For example, a state with a high elderly population ... West Virginia holds the grim title of having the highest mortality rate in the United States. With a stark 1,655 deaths per 100,000 people ...

Wall St. Insights Healthcare outcomes tend to improve with wealth and healthcare spending. In one advanced economy, however, ...

Rates of fatal drug overdoses are higher than expected in most states, despite a 14.5% decrease in the year leading up to June 2024.

Sub-Saharan African nations, for example, suffer much higher rates of HIV infection than do countries in any other region, and even higher rates of mortality among those infected with the virus.

The diabetes mortality rate in the U.S. dropped from 28.1 deaths per 100,000 people in 2000 to 19.1 deaths per 100,000 in 2019. Reductions in diabetes mortality were observed for all racial and ...

For example, in 2022, it is estimated that about 600 U.S. women ... During this period, Black women had about triple the rate of maternal mortality as White women, with a mortality rate of 21.9 per ...