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MICH-1.6

Morbidity and Mortality

MICH-1.6 Reduce the rate of infant deaths related to birth defects (all birth defects)
Baseline: 1.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births were attributed to birth defects (all birth defects) in 2006
Target: 1.3 infant deaths per 1,000 live births
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set, CDC/NCHS
Data:
Data for this objective HP2020 data for this objective
Data Details Details about the methodology and measurement of this HP2020 objective
Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 16-01f.
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