"Infant Mortality Rates in the United States, by Race, 1915 to 2000"			
			
Year	Total	White	Black and other
			
2000	6.9	5.7	11.4
1999	7.1	5.8	11.9
1998	7.2	6.0	11.9
1997	7.2	6.0	11.8
1996	7.3	6.1	12.2
1995	7.6	6.3	12.6
1994	8.0	6.6	13.5
1993	8.4	6.8	14.1
1992	8.5	6.9	14.4
1991	8.9	7.3	15.1
1990	9.2	7.6	15.5
1989	9.8	8.1	16.3
1988	10.0	8.4	16.1
1987	10.1	8.5	16.5
1986	10.4	8.8	16.7
1985	10.6	9.2	16.8
1984	10.8	9.3	17.1
1983	11.2	9.6	17.8
1982	11.5	9.9	18.3
1981	11.9	10.3	18.8
1980	12.6	10.9	20.2
1979	13.1	11.4	19.8
1978	13.8	12.0	21.1
1977	14.1	12.3	21.7
1976	15.2	13.3	23.5
1975	16.1	14.2	24.2
1974	16.7	14.8	24.9
1973	17.7	15.8	26.2
1972	18.5	16.4	27.7
1971	19.1	17.1	28.5
1970	20.0	17.8	30.9
1969	20.9	18.4	32.9
1968	21.8	19.2	34.5
1967	22.4	19.7	35.9
1966	23.7	20.6	38.8
1965	24.7	21.5	40.3
1964	24.8	21.6	41.1
1963	25.2	22.2	41.5
1962	25.3	22.3	41.4
1961	25.3	22.4	40.7
1960	26.0	22.9	43.2
1959	26.4	23.2	44.0
1958	27.1	23.8	45.7
1957	26.3	23.3	43.7
1956	26.0	23.2	42.1
1955	26.4	23.6	42.8
1954	26.6	23.9	42.9
1953	27.8	25.0	44.7
1952	28.4	25.5	47.0
1951	28.4	25.8	44.8
1950	29.2	26.8	44.5
1949	31.3	28.9	47.3
1948	32.0	29.9	46.5
1947	32.2	30.1	48.5
1946	33.8	31.8	49.5
1945	38.3	35.6	57.0
1944	39.8	36.9	60.3
1943	40.4	37.5	62.5
1942	40.4	37.3	64.6
1941	45.3	41.2	74.8
1940	47.0	43.2	73.8
1939	48.0	44.3	74.2
1938	51.0	47.1	79.1
1937	54.4	50.3	83.2
1936	57.1	52.9	87.6
1935	55.7	51.9	83.2
1934	60.1	54.5	94.4
1933	58.1	52.8	91.3
1932	57.6	53.3	86.2
1931	61.6	57.4	93.1
1930	64.6	60.1	99.9
1929	67.6	63.2	102.2
1928	68.7	64.0	106.2
1927	64.6	60.6	100.1
1926	73.3	70.0	111.8
1925	71.7	68.3	110.8
1924	70.8	66.8	112.9
1923	77.1	73.5	117.4
1922	76.2	73.2	110.0
1921	75.6	72.5	108.5
1920	85.8	82.1	131.7
1919	86.6	83.0	130.5
1918	100.9	97.4	161.2
1917	93.8	90.5	150.7
1916	101.0	99.0	184.9
1915	99.9	98.6	181.2
			
"Notes: Rates per 1,000 live births.  Prior to 1933, data for registration area only."			
			
"Sources: [1915 to 1969] U.S. Census Bureau.  Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, Bicentennial Edition, "			
"Part 1 (Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975); [1970, 1975 to 1998] S.L. Murphy, ""Deaths: Final Data for 1998,” "			
"National Vital Statistics Report 48, no. 11; [1971 to 1974] National Center for Health Statistics, Volume 2, Mortality Vital Statistics of the "			
"United States 1981, (Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Vital Statistics, 1986). [1999] D.L. Lyert et al.  ""Deaths: "
"Final Data for 1999,"" National Vital Statistics Reports, 49, no.8 (2001): Tables 11 and 15; A.M. Minino et al. “Deaths: "
"Final  Data for 2000,” National Vital Statistics Reports, 50, Number 15 (2002): Table 34."