Table 3.

Infant Mortality Rate¹, 1940–2006

Year	Males				Females
	White (W)	Black (B)	Difference (B-W)	Ratio (B/W)	White (W)	Black (B)	Difference (B-W)	Ratio (B/W)
1940	48.3	81.1	32.8	1.7	37.8	64.4	26.8	1.7
1950	30.2	48.3	18.1	1.6	23.1	39.4	16.3	1.7
1960	26.0	49.1	23.1	1.9	19.6	39.4	19.8	2.0
1970	20.0	36.2	16.2	1.8	15.4	29.0	13.6	1.9
1980	12.1	24.6	12.5	2.0	9.5	20.2	10.7	2.1
1990	8.5	19.6	11.1	2.3	6.6	16.3	9.7	2.5
2000	6.2	15.5	9.3	2.5	5.1	12.6	7.5	2.5
2006	6.1	14.4	8.3	2.4	5.0	12.2	7.2	2.4

(National Vital Statistics Reports)⁴¹

¹Rate of deaths per 1,000 live births in specified group