Infant Mortality Highest Among Babies Of Young Mothers, UK

Babies born to mothers aged under 20 have higher infant mortality rates than those born to older mothers, according to new data for 2007 published today in the Office for National Statistics journal Health Statistics Quarterly. Provisional figures show that the infant mortality (deaths of babies under one year of age) rate was highest among babies of mothers aged under 20 (7.2 deaths per 1,000 live births) and lowest among babies of mothers aged 30-34 (4.

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Filed under: Pediatrics on December 2nd, 2008