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patriotvoice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 05:32 PM
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NCDHHS: Infant mortality up 5% and still more than double for non-white; more...
"The state's infant mortality rate was 8.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2007, a five percent increase over the 2006 rate of 8.1..."
"Racial disparities in infant mortality continued; the minority rate is still more than double the white rate."
"...one out of four of women of childbearing age in North Carolina does not have health insurance..."
http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/pressrel/2008/2008-9-4-More-babies-born-infant-death-rate-rises.htm


"September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month"
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