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The infant mortality rate was 7.2 per 1000 births for infants whose mothers had depressive symptoms and 2.0 per 1000 births for infants whose mothers did not have depressive symptoms. After statistical adjustment for covariates, the relative risk of death within 364 days after birth was higher for infants of mothers with depressive symptoms compared with infants of mothers without depressive symptoms (model 2: ARR, 2.89; 95% CI, 2.36-3.54). This association was consistent across maternal race and ethnicity, educational level, insurance status, and infant preterm birth. 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