{"id":81491,"date":"2021-02-07T07:01:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T07:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=81491"},"modified":"2022-09-22T06:52:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T06:52:25","slug":"neonatal-mortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neonatal-mortality\/","title":{"rendered":"Neonatal mortality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The death (mortality) of live born children who have not reached 4 weeks or 1 month of age, usually measured as a rate: number of neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births in a given area or program and time period. Early neonatal deaths (those occurring in the first week of life) are sometimes also reported.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Infant mortality in the first month of life.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Number of infant deaths during the first 28 days of life, per unit of population (e.g., per 1,000 live births) in a given institution, geographic area, or period of time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The proportion of infants under one month of age who die. In England and Wales this has fallen markedly in recent decades: from more than 28 per 1,000 live births in 1939 to fewer than 5 in 2008. 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