UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund ( UNICEF ), uri: childmortality.org; World Health Organization ( WHO ), uri: childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation; World Bank ( WB ), uri: childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation; United ... The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is defined as the number of deaths of children under the age one for every 1,000 live births in a given year. [4] Infant mortality data comes from the Sample Registration System (SRS), a large-scale sample survey conducted by the Registrar General of India. Definition: Infant mortality rate is the probability of a child born in a specific year or period dying before reaching the age of one , if subject to age-specific mortality rates of that period. Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the first birthday, measured by the infant mortality rate (IMR). Learn about the leading causes of infant mortality , such as preterm birth, congenital anomalies, and SIDS, and how they vary by region and country.
