Infant Mortality

This indicator measures the number of infant deaths during the first year of life per 1,000 live births.

The death of an infant has obvious, devastating impacts on families, not to mention the years of life lost to the infant by dying so young. The medical costs related to infant mortality are also high, particularly when the cause of death is related to prematurity requiring considerable life-saving measures (14). Unmet health needs and unfavorable environmental factors, such as low income, poor or insufficient nutrition, low educational attainment, poor sanitation, and limited or no medical care can all contribute to prematurity and infant mortality (15, 16).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers interventions targeted at improving maternal health and environmental factors before and during pregnancy, as well as strategies targeted at the baby and family after birth.

Los Alamitos Fountain Valley Fullerton Placentia Westminster Huntington Beach Laguna Niguel San Clemente Tustin Irvine Yorba Linda Stanton San Juan Capistrano Brea Cypress La Palma Newport Beach Lake Forest Laguna Hills Orange County California Garden Grove La Habra Buena Park Santa Ana Aliso Viejo Anaheim Costa Mesa Rancho Santa Margarita Laguna Beach Mission Viejo Dana Point Orange United States Seal Beach 1.9 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.0 6.6 6.6 6.8 9.8

Source: Orange County Health Care Agency, 2006-2008 Orange County Statistical Master Birth File and Mortality File

Infant Mortality by Zip Code, 2006-2008

LOS ANGELES

SAN BERNARDINO

RIVERSIDE

1.0 - 2.9 3.0 - 4.7 4.8 - 5.9 6.0 - 29.9 Data missing or unstable

SAN DIEGO

0 2.5 5 10 Miles