In 2015, eighty-seven babies per one thousand died before reaching one year of age. This figure is called the:
A) infant mortality rate.
B) fertility-death ratio.
C) fecundity.
D) crude death rate.

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The figure given (87 per 1000) is the infant mortality rate, which is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1000 live births. The other options are not relevant to this statistic.

In 2015, Eighty-Seven Babies Per One Thousand Died Before Reaching