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More Troubling, Grim Statistics For The Poor and Disadvantaged...Infant Deaths Increase In Southern States

April 22, 2007 by editor  (View Source

Infant deaths in poor communities in the south have increased in the last several years, reversing what was a decrease in infant mortality. The Culprits of the turnaround: Poverty, inaccess to prenatal care and healthcare, complicated healthcare enrollment, premature and low-weight births, accidental deaths, obesity and abysmal public policy. (View source for the full article)


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