Massachusetts's infant mortality rate is lower than the national average.
A new CDC reports shows there were three-point-three deaths for every one-thousand live births in 2022.
Nationally, more than 20-thousand-500 babies died that year before the age of one.
That's a rate of about five-point-six for every one-thousand live births -- a three-percent hike from the year before.
Doctors say COVID-19 likely played a significant role in the rise in infant mortality in 2022.
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