The US Infant Mortality Rate: A puzzling Index

According to a November 24, 2004 report from the Centers for Disease control and Prevention (CDC), the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) increased to 7.0 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2002 from the record low of 6.8 per 1,000 live births in 2001 - the first rise in the U.S. IMR in over forty years.

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