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Counties with the highest infant mortality rates in Pennsylvania
Among 44 Pennsylvania counties with published values, the counties with the highest infant mortality rates are Mifflin County, PA (9.6, 1.55 times the U.S. county median of 6.2), Venango County, PA (8.9, 1.44 times the U.S. county median of 6.2) and Huntingdon County, PA (8.5, 1.37 times the U.S. county median of 6.2). Values are deaths under 1 per 1,000 births.
Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. These are county-level figures, compared with the U.S. county median. A high rate does not prove an environmental cause: age, smoking, income, access to care, screening and chance all move county rates, and small counties swing widely.
All Pennsylvania counties, highest first
Infant mortality, deaths under 1 per 1,000 births.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. county median | Times reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mifflin County | PA | 9.6 | 6.2 | 1.55x |
| 2 | Venango County | PA | 8.9 | 6.2 | 1.44x |
| 3 | Huntingdon County | PA | 8.5 | 6.2 | 1.37x |
| 4 | Crawford County | PA | 8.2 | 6.2 | 1.32x |
| 5 | Erie County | PA | 7.4 | 6.2 | 1.19x |
| 6 | Philadelphia County | PA | 7.4 | 6.2 | 1.19x |
| 7 | Clearfield County | PA | 7.2 | 6.2 | 1.16x |
| 8 | Lycoming County | PA | 7.2 | 6.2 | 1.16x |
| 9 | Schuylkill County | PA | 7.2 | 6.2 | 1.16x |
| 10 | Dauphin County | PA | 7.1 | 6.2 | 1.15x |
| 11 | Mercer County | PA | 7.1 | 6.2 | 1.15x |
| 12 | Fayette County | PA | 6.8 | 6.2 | 1.1x |
| 13 | Lawrence County | PA | 6.7 | 6.2 | 1.08x |
| 14 | Delaware County | PA | 6.5 | 6.2 | 1.05x |
| 15 | Perry County | PA | 6.5 | 6.2 | 1.05x |
| 16 | Beaver County | PA | 6.4 | 6.2 | 1.03x |
| 17 | Berks County | PA | 6.2 | 6.2 | 1x |
| 18 | Luzerne County | PA | 6.2 | 6.2 | 1x |
| 19 | Allegheny County | PA | 6.1 | 6.2 | 0.98x |
| 20 | Monroe County | PA | 6.1 | 6.2 | 0.98x |
| 21 | Bedford County | PA | 6 | 6.2 | 0.97x |
| 22 | Franklin County | PA | 6 | 6.2 | 0.97x |
| 23 | Lehigh County | PA | 5.9 | 6.2 | 0.95x |
| 24 | Blair County | PA | 5.8 | 6.2 | 0.94x |
| 25 | Cambria County | PA | 5.8 | 6.2 | 0.94x |
| 26 | Lackawanna County | PA | 5.8 | 6.2 | 0.94x |
| 27 | Northumberland County | PA | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.92x |
| 28 | Washington County | PA | 5.6 | 6.2 | 0.9x |
| 29 | Lancaster County | PA | 5.5 | 6.2 | 0.89x |
| 30 | Armstrong County | PA | 5.4 | 6.2 | 0.87x |
| 31 | Westmoreland County | PA | 5.3 | 6.2 | 0.85x |
| 32 | Centre County | PA | 5.2 | 6.2 | 0.84x |
| 33 | Columbia County | PA | 5.2 | 6.2 | 0.84x |
| 34 | Lebanon County | PA | 5 | 6.2 | 0.81x |
| 35 | York County | PA | 5 | 6.2 | 0.81x |
| 36 | Indiana County | PA | 4.9 | 6.2 | 0.79x |
| 37 | Somerset County | PA | 4.9 | 6.2 | 0.79x |
| 38 | Cumberland County | PA | 4.8 | 6.2 | 0.77x |
| 39 | Adams County | PA | 4.6 | 6.2 | 0.74x |
| 40 | Northampton County | PA | 4.4 | 6.2 | 0.71x |
| 41 | Chester County | PA | 4.2 | 6.2 | 0.68x |
| 42 | Butler County | PA | 4 | 6.2 | 0.65x |
| 43 | Montgomery County | PA | 4 | 6.2 | 0.65x |
| 44 | Bucks County | PA | 3.4 | 6.2 | 0.55x |