
Number of infant deaths in the U.S. from 2019 to 2021, by leading causes
In 2021, congenital malformations accounted for around 20 percent of infant deaths in the United States. That year there, were around 3,990 infant deaths from congenital malformations. The leading five causes of infant death in the U.S. were the same from 2019 to 2021.