Infant mortality includes _____

a. deaths that occur within the first year of life
b. deaths that occur from the day of birth through the first 28 days of life
c. deaths that occur at or after 20 weeks of gestation and through the first 28 days of life
d. deaths that occur in preterm babies


a

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