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The national rate of infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022, an increase from 5.44 per 1,000 the year prior. While the jump may seem small, it’s the first statistically significant increase in the rate since the bump between 2001 and 2002.

(Associated Press — Nov. 1, 2023)