Keywords: Infant mortality rates in US.gif en Infant mortality rates in the United States per 100 000 live births for 10 leading causes of 2005 http //www cdc gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5642a8 htm Centers for Disease Control and Prevention --> QuickStats October 26 2007 / 56 42 ;1115 in turn citing Kung HC Hoyert DL Xu JQ Murphy SL E-stat deaths preliminary data for 2005 health E-stats Hyattsville MD US Department of Health and Human Services CDC; 2007 Available at http //www cdc gov/nchs/data/hestat/prelimdeaths05/preliminarydeaths05_tables pdf A Raw data copy <br> Rank1 Cause of death based on the International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision 1992 Number Rate ¦ All causes 28 534 689 2 1 Congenital malformations deformations and chromosomal abnormalities Q00 “Q99 5 562 134 3 2 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight not elsewhere classified P07 4 709 113 7 3 Sudden infant death syndrome R95 2 107 50 9 4 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy P01 1 786 43 1 5 Newborn affected by complications of placenta cord and membranes P02 1 111 26 8 6 Accidents unintentional injuries V01 “X59 1 069 25 8 7 Respiratory distress of newborn P22 861 20 8 8 Bacterial sepsis of newborn P36 834 20 1 9 Neonatal hemorrhage P50 “P52 P54 664 16 0 10 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn P77 549 13 3 ¦ All other causes residual 9 282 224 2 Uploader Mikael Häggström 2009-07-04 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Infant mortality rates Sudden infant death syndrome Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis |