Question 1

how exactly is infant mortality rate calculated?

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Infant Mortality: Infant mortality rate is  the number of every 1,000 children born alive died before the age of 1 year. IMR for US in year 2009 was 6.4.

Question 2

why does the u.s. have such a high infant mortality rate?

Accepted Answer

High premature birth: Approximately 2/3 of infants dying within 12 months of birth die within a month from birth(neonatal death).  30-40% of neonatal deaths are directly related with prematurity/low birth weight and  complications thereof.

Question 3

why does the u.s. have such a high infant mortality rate? do we have fewer doctors who specialize in pregnancy?

Accepted Answer

Prematurity: We have a higher infant mortality rate than many of the other developed countries.  This is multifactorial, one of the biggest  reasons is higher rate of teen pregnancy and more premature births.

Question 4

please help! what is the infant mortality rate of neurofibromatosis 1?

Accepted Answer

Depends  amt. of nf: Congenital generalized (disseminated) neurofibromatosis (detected prenatally) is associated with a poor prognosis, with a mortality rate of 92%. Survival rates for patients detected before and after birth were 28% and 62%.However most cases of nf are focal and not disseminated without evidence of increased infantile mortality rate. In people with nf the overall decrease in life span is about 8 yrs.

Question 5

what are some ways to decrease infant mortality rates?

Accepted Answer

Infant mortality: Some ways to decrease infant mortality rate:
1- give vaccinations.
2- enforce car seat belt
3- back to back position of sleep
4- report child abuse
5- enforce children's proof bottles for  
    medicines to avoid drug poisoning
6- enforce using the lock for windows to 
    avoid falls
7- secure hazardus cleaning and detergent
    materials.

Question 6

why are infant mortality rates so low in other countries but not in the u.s.?

Accepted Answer

Statistics: information is gathered in many different ways; it is nearly impossible to compare health information from so many different systems; what is called a miscarriage in one country may be called fetal demise in another and infant death in a third; too bad no one can agree on definations

Question 7

what is infant mortality?

Accepted Answer

Infant Mortality: Infant mortality is the death of a child less than one year of age. It is measured as infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births.

Question 8

what does china do to prevent infant mortality?

Accepted Answer

See below: There is a governmental focus on heath care in children, especially on preventive care. The rate of immunization in china is 80 to 90 percent far above the us rate.

Question 9

us neonatoloby grapples with rising infant death rate and what can be done?

Accepted Answer

Social causes: I am not politically savvy, but compared with the rest of the developed world, the United States has far more people who are very poor and who lack access to, or willingness to use and do, the things that are required to keep a baby safe and healthy. This is the truth, though different people will offer widely different ideas about to help a situation for which there may be no easy solution.

Question 10

is there a way to improve the mortality rate for hie?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Mortality from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (hie) has improved in recent years due to a variety of medical interventions, including having a skilled pediatric attendant at delivery, early recognition of hie and prompt stabilization, intensive care neonatology, and most recently hypothermia therapy. Overall, mortality rates for hie are around 20-25%.

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