Indiana’s infant mortality rate improved in 2023. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Indiana is no longer among the ten worst states.

Indiana has some of the worst infant and maternal mortality rates in the country. And those numbers are even worse among Black Hoosiers and in rural areas.

An important aspect of lowering infant and maternal mortality rates is connecting pregnant people to prenatal care earlier. But that can be difficult in rural areas that are considered maternal care deserts. A hospital on the edge of Indiana’s largest obstetric care desert created a clinic to remove at least one barrier to that care.

It’s been nearly one year since Indiana’s near-total abortion ban took effect, limiting access to care to just a few narrow exceptions. It will take some time for data to better reflect the impact the law has had on Hoosiers.

Preliminary data for 2023 shows a decrease in Indiana's infant mortality rate for the first time since 2019, according to a new report.

Black patients in Indiana have a higher infant and maternal mortality rate than White patients despite having fewer births overall.

Indiana’s infant mortality rate was the the seventh highest in the country for 2022.

Indiana had one of the highest maternal mortality rate increases in the nation between 1999 to 2019, according to a new study.

A bereavement program at Riley Maternity Tower at Riley Children’s Health, called Pathways to Hope, aims to meet the emotional needs of grieving families after the loss of a pregnancy or child.

It's been 10 years since Indiana made reducing maternal and infant mortality a top priority. But despite a lack of improvement in those rates, State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box said progress has been made.