2025 Annual Report on Infant Deaths & 2025 Annual Report on Child Deaths
The Tennessee Department of Health Child Fatality Review has released these two reports. In 2023, Tennessee’s infant mortality rate was 6.5 deaths per 1,000 live births, which was 16.1% higher than the national rate. The Tennessee child fatality rate for ages 1-17 was 32.4 deaths per 100,000 children in 2023, which was 39% higher than the national average, marking the largest gap between the state and national rate in the last 5 years. The prevention recommendations in these reports focus on addressing key causes of infant and child deaths.
