Abstract
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is an indicator of reference in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations and has became the goal of health development to be achieved all over the world. The infant mortality rate that needs to be achieved is the decreasing rate of infant mortality to 12 per 1000 births. Based on the data from East Java Provincial Health Office in 2010–2016, it is known that there has been a declining mortality rate from 29, 9 per 1000 births to 23, 6 per 1000 births. Meanwhile in Surabaya, infant mortality seems to be fluctuative from 2013 untill 2016. Under cases taken from 30 respondents taken in some Health Care Center Service in Surabaya, it was found that the factors that led infant mortal cases to happen was the mother and the infant itself. In the case where mother as the factor of infant death relate directly to the knowledge, behaviour, distance, and also income that affect the frequency of healthcare visit to check the pregnancy. There are 46, 6% low knowledged mothers and do not check the pregancy routinely experience infant death during delivery. Meanwhile, in the case where infant as the factor is the case of Low Birth Weight where 56, 6% infants experiencing Low Birth Weight did not survive during the delivery.
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