Infant Mortality and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders

  • National data reported for this population is limited.
  • In 2023, the infant mortality rate for non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders was 1.5 times the rate for the total population.1
  • In 2023, non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander mothers had a rate of late or no prenatal care that was 3.2 times that of mothers in the total population.2

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Occurrence

Infant mortality, rate per 1,000 live births, 2023
NHPI*Total PopulationRatio (NHPI* / Total)
8.25.61.46
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025). Infant mortality in the United States, 2023 (National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 74, No. 7, Table 2). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Infant mortality by age of mother, rate per 1,000 live births, 2023
Age of MotherNHPI*Total PopulationRatio (NHPI* / Total)
15-19 yearsNot Reported10.4Not Reported
20–24 years8.77.21.20
25–29 years5.65.21.07
30–34 years7.14.61.54
35–39 years11.44.92.31
40–54 yearsNot Reported6.8Not Reported
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025). Infant mortality in the United States, 2023 (National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 74, No. 7, Table 2). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Risk Factors for Complications

Mother received late or no prenatal care, percentage, 2023
NHPI*Total PopulationRatio (NHPI* / Total)
22.47.03.20
Source:U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025). Births: Final data for 2023 (National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 74, No. 1, Table 13). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Mother smoked during pregnancy, percentage, 2023
NHPI*Total PopulationRatio (NHPI* / Total)
1.73.00.57
Source:U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025). Births: Final data for 2023 (National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 74, No. 1, Table 13). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

*Population is non-Hispanic in the data source.

1 Infant Mortality in the United States, 2022: Data from the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File. National Vital Statistics Reports, vol. 73, no. 5. Table 2. (Back to top)

2 CDC, 2024. Births: Final Data for 2022. National Vital Statistics Reports, vol. 73, no. 2. Table 13. (Back to top)


Date Last Reviewed: January 2026