Definition: Infant mortality rate

Category: United Nations terminology

A vital statistics summary rate based on the number of infant deaths occurring during the same period of time, usually a calendar year, i.e., the number of deaths under one year of age occurring in a given geographical area during a given year, per 1,000 live births occurring among the population of the given geographical area during the same year. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_84_EN.pdf