Talk:Infant mortality

Wiki Education assignment: Composition II

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 August 2022 and 30 November 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Kvauls (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Sierrabasden.

— Assignment last updated by Sierrabasden (talk) 01:09, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Proposed changes: Classification of Causes

Hi. I like the way the article has detailed explanations, coupled by citations from reliable sources. However the causes of infant mortality are somehow confusing, not based on the content but on their classifications. You have done a great job classifying Infant mortality into . Perinatal mortality Neonatal mortality postneonatal mortality. However, each of these mortality has different causes that can also be classified. I propose three main classifications of thee causes i.e. congenital anomalies, Prematurity, and Sudden infant death syndrome.

These are the proposed sources

• Dollfus, C., Patetta, M., Siegel, E., & Cross, A. W. (1990). Infant mortality: a practical approach to the analysis of the leading causes of death and risk factors. Pediatrics, 86(2), 176-183.
  • This is a peer reviewed scientific article that offers an analysis of the three main classifications of the causes of Infant mortality. It is essential in classifying the numerous causes offered in the Infant Mortality article. The articla is both reliable and verifiable
• Wen, S. W., Liu, S., Joseph, K. S., Rouleau, J., & Allen, A. (2000). Patterns of infant mortality caused by major congenital anomalies. Teratology, 61(5), 342-346.
  • This is also a peer reviewed scientific article that discusses various causes of infant mortality under the congenital anomalies classification.
• Behrman, R. E., & Butler, A. S. (2007). Prematurity at birth: Determinants, consequences, and geographic variation. In Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention. National Academies Press (US).
  • This source is a peer reviewed article that is reliable. It offered a detailed discussion on Prematurity as a central cause of infant mortality. This supports it as a key classification of the causes of mortality.
• Hunt, C. E. (2001). Sudden infant death syndrome and other causes of infant mortality: diagnosis, mechanisms, and risk for recurrence in siblings. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 164(3), 346-357.
  • This article highlights SIDS as distinct classification of causes of infant mortality.

Please advice me on this project on whether such a classification is applicable and/or relevant --Kvauls (talk) 02:46, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

The gradient map at the top is hard to interpret

The entire planet only ranges from very pale yellow to slightly pale orange. The difference between the 5% and 10% is barely perceptible. NNNNNNNN (talk) 10:15, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

US/global west bias in a topic that disproportionately affects developing countries

IMO this article needs a re-write to separate out infant mortality in the developing world and the developed world. Particularly with regards to causes.

I came to this article to get background on why infant mortality is still so high in many developing countries, but the article leads heavily with US statistics in a way that implies that these can be generalised to the entire world. This surely can't be the case, as there are so many issues and dangers that we in the west don't have to worry about anymore.

This is a very important subject for global health, so good information is needed. I don't know enough about this subject or have the editing experience to tackle the task myself. Hopefully someone can. Michael-mjmmjm (talk) 09:08, 30 July 2025 (UTC)