07-07-2025
Newborn deaths related to malnutrition, slow growth increased
While U.S. neonatal deaths have generally decreased in recent decades, mortality because of slow fetal growth and malnutrition increased annually by almost 2 percent from 1999 through 2022, according to a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics in June.
Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers reported that over 280,000 newborn infants — 283,696 — died of perinatal complications from 1999 to 2022 in the United States. Researchers said over half of those who died were male, which the study suggests was because of differences in their lung development and immune response.
