Improve the health of Washingtonians
Indicator 2: Improve life expectancy
Measure b: Infant Mortality Rate
Description:
This indicator is calculated as the number of deaths of children younger than 1 year old calculated per 1,000 live births in the same calendar year.
| Infant Mortality Rate Per 1000 Live Births | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
6.8 |
6.3 |
6.2 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
5.8 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
5.5 |
5.1 |
4.7 |