infant mortality

1. 1.

   the death rate during the first year of life

   Synonymsinfant deathrateinfant mortality rate

   Broaderdeathrate

Questions about infant mortality

What does infant mortality mean?

infant mortality means "the death rate during the first year of life".

What is another word for infant mortality?

Close synonyms include infant deathrate, infant mortality rate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is infant mortality a common word?