Article: PANEL TO STUDY BLACK INFANT MORTALITY

OVETTA WIGGINS, Trenton Bureau
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-23-1997
PANEL TO STUDY BLACK INFANT MORTALITY -- WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN N.J.'S HIGH RATE

By OVETTA WIGGINS, Trenton Bureau
Date: 01-23-1997, Thursday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- 5 Star, 4 Star, 3 Star, 2 Star, 1 Star

TRENTON -- Hoping to find a solution to the state's stubbornly high rate of
black infant deaths, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior
Services on Wednesday appointed a blue-ribbon panel to examine the
problem.

The 31-member commission -- made up of community members, health
experts, and social service representatives -- will look at why blacks in
New Jersey died during infancy at nearly three times ...

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