Article: Infant mortality rate falls in ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  April 1, 2004 ;     615 words ... ... in 2002 and statewide infant mortality rates fell to an all ... whites, officials said. Infant mortality is a key indicator of ... statewide and suburban infant mortality rates rate dropped, the mortality rate among black infants statewide ...

Article: Infant Mortality Rate
Encyclopedia of Public Health;      700+ words ...INFANT MORTALITY RATE The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the ratio of the number of deaths among children ... industrialized countries. In developing countries, however, the infant mortality rate can reach as high as 150 per thousand (see Table 1 ...

Article: Guilford infant mortality rate rises.
High Point Enterprise (High Point, NC);  September 12, 2007 ;     698 words ... ... births. While the county infant mortality rate increased to 10.6 deaths ... The state's minority infant mortality rate dropped to an all-time ... births in 2006. The white infant mortality rate declined in 2006 for the ...

Article: SOUTH DAKOTA INFANT MORTALITY RATE UP, SIDS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 3, 2006 ;     649 words ... ... But unfortunately, the infant mortality rate did increase to its highest ... disparity by race with the infant mortality rate for American Indians double ... result in infant death. The infant mortality rate of babies born to mothers ...

Article: INFANT MORTALITY RATE DROPS TO LOWEST IN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... North Carolina's 2006 infant mortality rate was 8.1 deaths per 1 ... The state's minority infant mortality rate, which has shown declines ... births in 2006. The white infant mortality rate declined in 2006 for the ...

Article: DRAMATIC DROP IN OUR INFANT MORTALITY RATE ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 2, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... 1988 to 1994, Seattle's infant mortality rate declined 61 percent as compared ... same period. Seattle's infant mortality rate in 1994, the latest date ... In this area, the infant mortality rate has not changed,'' Krieger ...

Article: Governor Kaine Announces Infant Mortality ...
M2 Presswire;  August 4, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Governor Kaine Announces Infant Mortality Rate Reduced to Lowest Level in ... announced today that Virginia's infant mortality rate has declined to its lowest ... reduce the Commonwealth's infant mortality rate'including the establishment ...