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Article: Babies Need a Healthy Start
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 30, 1995
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Babies born in the United States -- the wealthiest and most
industrialized nation in the world -- are less likely to reach their
first birthday than babies born in 22 other industrialized nations.
Although the national infant morality rate dropped from 1989 to 1991,
the death rate for minority babies remains high: The infant mortality
rate for African American babies is comparable to the rate of infant
deaths in developing countries. Low birthweight, the leading cause of
infant ...
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