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The infant mortality “rate” measures the risk of dying during the first year of life, i.e., from birth to exact age 1 ; though the term “rate” is commonly used, the measure in fact represents a probability of dying, and will therefore be called the infant probability of dying.
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Wunsch, G.J., Termote, M.G. (1978). The Analysis of Mortality. In: Introduction to Demographic Analysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2373-0_4
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