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Article: GOV. KAINE ANNOUNCES INFANT MORTALITY RATE REDUCED TO LOWEST LEVEL IN STATE HISTORY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- August 6, 2009
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RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 4 -- Gov. Tim Kaine, D-Va., issued the following press release:
Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced today that Virginia's infant mortality rate has declined to its lowest level in history, with 6.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2008, down from 7.7 in 2007. The rate among the state's African-American population was also reduced to its lowest levels ever, with 12.2 deaths per 1,000 in 2008, down from 15.5 in 2007. These dramatic improvements follow major efforts by the Kaine administration to reduce the Commonwealth's infant mortality rate-including the establishment of the Health Reform Commission in 2006-which recommended targeted strategies to improve this critical ...