society
type: Concept
narrower: infant mortality rates

population statistics
type: Concept
narrower: infant mortality rates

gender and human rights
type: Concept
narrower: infant mortality rates

gender and health
type: Concept
narrower: infant mortality rates

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: infant mortality rates

infant mortality rates
definition: Infants are particularly vulnerable to death in the first year of life. The infant mortality rate, which is a measure of infant deaths in a group younger than 1 year of age, is an important social barometer to the overall health of a community. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Infant Mortality Rates]
broader: society
broader: population statistics
broader: gender and human rights
broader: gender and health
type: Concept