infant mortality period

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• Infant mortality — World infant mortality rates in 2008[1] Infant mortality is defined as the number of infant deaths (one year of age or younger) per 1000 live births. Traditionally, the most common cause worldwide was dehydration from diarrhea. However, the… …   Wikipedia

• List of countries by infant mortality rate — This is a list of countries by infant mortality rate. Figures are from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2005 2010 [ [http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/WPP2006 Highlights …   Wikipedia

• Infant respiratory distress syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 P22 ICD 9 769 …   Wikipedia

• Infant formula — An infant being fed from a baby bottle. Infant formula is a manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12 months of age, usually prepared for bottle feeding or cup feeding from powder (mixed with water) or… …   Wikipedia

• Mortality rate — Crude death rate by country Mortality rate is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of… …   Wikipedia

• Mortality — A fatal outcome or, in one word, death. The word mortality is derived from mortal which came from the Latin mors (death). The opposite of mortality is, of course, immortality. Mortality is also quite distinct from morbidity (illness). A condition …   Medical dictionary

• Infant, post-term — 1. An overly mature baby that has not been born until well after the usual term pregnancy. A post term baby is one born 2 weeks (14 days) or more after the usual 9 months (280 days) of gestation. The gestation (length of the pregnancy) is… …   Medical dictionary

• mortality — mor|tal|i|ty [mo:ˈtælıti US mo:r ] n plural mortalities 1.) [U] also mor tality .rate [ US .ˈ...] the number of deaths during a particular period of time among a particular type or group of people ▪ Mortality from heart disease varies widely… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Infant, postmature — A baby born 2 weeks (14 days) or more after the usual 9 months (280 days) of gestation. The gestation (length of the pregnancy) is calculated from the date of the last menstrual period (LMP). This is an important calculation since, if delivery is …   Medical dictionary

• mortality — noun (U) 1 also mortality rate /. ... ./ the number of deaths during a certain period of time among a particular type or group of people: Mortality from heart disease varies widely across the world. | infant mortality (=the rate at which babies… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• mortality rate — the incidence of death in the population in a given period. The annual mortality rate is the number of registered deaths in a year, multiplied by 1000 and divided by the population at the middle of the year. See also: infant mortality rate,… …   The new mediacal dictionary