NEWBORN DEATH RATE Even though newborn deaths are included in the hospital’s gross and net death rates, the newborn death rate may be calculated separately. Newborns include only infants born alive in the hospital. The newborn death rate is the number of newborns that died in comparison to the total number of newborns discharged, alive and dead. To qualify as a newborn death, the newborn must have been delivered alive. A stillborn infant is not included in either the newborn death rate or the gross or net death rates. The formula for calculating the newborn death rate is
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