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infant mortality rates  

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  • 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]

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