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Tag: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Posted inChildren's Health, Chronic Disease, Featured, Medicaid, Public Health, Rural Health

NC Infant Mortality Rate Remains Stubbornly High

by Rose Hoban October 21, 2016October 21, 2016

After reaching an historic low rate in 2013, the data show more babies are dying in their first year. By Rose Hoban After years of continual improvement in the health and birth outcomes for newborns in North Carolina, the rate of babies who died in their first year of life has inched upwards for the […]

(Adults, left to right) Demekia Kincaid, Belinda Grant, Latisha Johnson and Shari Smith gather in March as a part of the public-health Project NAF program. Smith, a program caseworker, goes with participants to prenatal and well-baby visits and helps host support group meetings for moms in the program. Alicia Funderburk/Carolina Public Press
Posted inChildren's Health, Featured, Medicaid, Public Health

Racial Disparities Persist in WNC Infant Deaths

by Editor June 17, 2014June 16, 2014
Infant mortality map
Posted inChildren's Health, Featured, Medicaid, Public Health

Infant Mortality Rates Tick Up for Second Year

by Editor October 18, 2013October 18, 2013
Data courtesy NC State Center for Health Statistics & Child Fatality Task Force
Posted inChildren's Health, NC Health Briefs, State Health Policy

NC Child Death Rate Ticks Downward – Again

by Rose Hoban November 9, 2012October 19, 2021
2011 County-level infant mortality rates. Map courtesy NC State Center for Health Statistics
Posted inChildren's Health, Featured, Public Health

NC Infant Mortality Up, But Fewer Sudden Infant Deaths

by Rose Hoban October 23, 2012October 19, 2021

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