INFANT MORTALITY RATE

Infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under one year of age. The rate for a given region is the number of children dying under one year of age, divided by the number of live births during the year, multiplied by 1,000.

Infant mortality rate is indicative of the level of access to basic medical resources. It can used be a measure of a nation's health and social condition and is normally negatively correlated with GDP.