Infant Mortality Rate

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
IMR
Pronunciation
/ˈɪnfənt mɔrˈtæləti reɪt/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. The nation's infant mortality rate has reached a record low.
  2. The United States ranks 20th in its infant mortality rate.
  3. The city's most shocking statistic is its infant mortality rate.
  4. Our infant mortality rate is a low four per1000 live births.
  5. The gap between the two countries is growing – rather than diminishing – in terms of values of most social indicators of living standards, such as life expectancy, infant mortality rate, mean years of schooling and the coverage of immunisation.

Other meanings of IMR