A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the U.S. infant mortality rate rose by 3 percent in 2022, reaching 5.61 in 1,000 live births. In 2023, the rate stayed the same, reversing a decade-long downward trend in U.S. child mortality. The rate had been almost continuously falling since CDC records began in 1995. Still, the U.S. stays behind most developed nations in this metric.

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