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Infant mortality rates declining, but Sudden Unexpected Infant Death is on the rise

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Infant mortality in the United States decreased by 24.2% between 1999 and 2022 .

But mortality rates from Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) rose significantly -- by 11.8% -- from 2020 to 2022 .

SUID mortality rates are up across all racial and ethnic groups, but rate for Black infants is 10 times higher compared to Asian infants and three times higher than white infants.

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