Article: SOUTH DAKOTA INFANT MORTALITY RATE UP, SIDS DEATHS DOWN

Article: Grant to Bring New Medical Technology to South ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... mothers on the three South Dakota reservations ... and decreasing infant mortality. Ultrasound technology ... Health Statistics, South Dakota has a infant mortality rate of 9.6 per ... Roberts County. South Dakota also has a higher ...

Article: Unlicensed midwives in South Dakota not permitted ...
Women's Health Weekly;  March 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Schlaak, lobbyist for South Dakota Safe Childbirth Options ... Hollingsworth said. "In South Dakota, home births are not safer." Infant mortality for hospitals is 6.8 ... unattended home births in South Dakota. They are not figures ...

Article: PRENATAL CARE, REDUCED TOBACCO USE KEY TO REDUCING STATE'S ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 16, 2007 ;     692 words ... ... keys to reducing infant mortality rates in South Dakota, according to ... also had higher infant mortality rates. The group ... recommendations to meet South Dakota's Health 2010 ... the state's infant mortality rate to 6.0 ...

Article: Is South Dakota Protecting Children?
The Washington Post;  March 21, 2006 ;     323 words ... ... s Defense Fund, a child in South Dakota is abused or neglected every ... child is born into poverty. South Dakota ranks 31st among the states in infant mortality -- every five days a child in South Dakota dies before his or her first ...

Article: Death rates high among South Dakota's children and ...
South Dakota Business Review;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... three out of every ten South Dakota residents are age ... 2004 data, ranked South Dakota 14th (of 50 states ... 2,500 grams) * Infant mortality (rate per 1,000 ... Teen Death Rates in South Dakota In South Dakota ...

Article: Kids Count National Data Book: State Profiles of Child Well-Being ...
South Dakota Business Review;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... at The University of South Dakota. The Annie E. Casey ... Foundation has funded the South Dakota Kids Count Project ... National Data Book South Dakota Compared to the United ... 7.8% 7.2% 17 Infant Mortality rate (per 1,000 ...

Article: INFANT MORTALITY TARGET OF BUSH AS CAMPAIGN.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 12, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... campaign to reduce infant mortality, unveiled a 30 ... 22nd in the world in infant mortality. The administration ... North Dakota and South Dakota; and to Pittsburgh ... the public about infant mortality and getting more ...