Mother's and Infant Mortality Rates-

Maternal Mortality 

Rates are per 100,000 

2003.....................  12.1 

2002.....................  8.9 

2001.....................  9.9

2000.....................  9.8 

1999.....................  9.9 

1998.....................  7.1 

1997.....................  8.4 

1996.....................  7.6 

1995.....................  7.1

1994.....................  8.3 

1993.....................  7.5

2005  All live births:              Infant          neonatal        postnatal     

4,138,573               28,384          18,782          9,602

(infant, before first year,     neonatal, birth through 27 days,    postnatal, 28 days to under 1 year) 

All statistics from the CDC website