Press release: “The infant mortality rate in the United States in 2004 was 6.78 infant (under 1 year of age) deaths per 1,000 live births, not significantly different from the rate of 6.84 in 2003, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report, Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2004 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set, also finds continued racial/ethnic differences in infant mortality rates.”