CDC: US Infant Mortality Rate Hits Record Low.

A report from the CDC says that infant mortality in the US “fell to its lowest level ever in 2014,” the New York Times (12/9, A28, Tavernise, Subscription Publication) reports. US infant mortality rates “have long been stubbornly high, particularly when compared with other rich countries,” but, following a peak in 2005, “rates have been declining, down by 13 percent through 2013.” The CDC report says the rate “declined again in 2014, down by 2.3 percent to a new low of 582.1 infant deaths per 100,000 live births, from 596.1 the year before.” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/health/us-reports-a-new-low-in-deaths-of-infants.html?_r=0