Infant Mortality Statistics for Alaska

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Infant Mortality Awareness

Current Statistics

Alaska neonatal and postneonatal
mortality rates, 1980–2008
(3-yr moving averages)

The rates of post-neonatal and neonatal death has been decreasing

In 2008, there were 65 infant deaths in Alaska (Provisional data, subject to change)

24 were less than 28 days of age (neonatal deaths)
41 were 28 days to 1 year of age (postneonatal deaths)

In 2006, Alaska's infant mortality rate of 6.9 deaths per 1,000 live births ranked 27th among states in the U.S. By comparison, the state of Washington ranked #1 in 2006 with an infant mortality rate of 4.7.

Alaska's neonatal mortality rate ranked 14th.
Alaska's postneonatal mortality rate ranked 42nd.

Alaska's infant mortality rate varies by region of the state, with the lowest rates in Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley, and the Southeast, and the highest rates in the Northern and Southwest regions.

Although neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates have declined in Alaska since 1980, both have remained relatively stable during the past decade.