Infant Mortality

Although Percentage Drops, Black Infants Still at Risk

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 10th, 1995

Infant mortality fell 8.4 percent in Michigan in 1994 to an all-time low of 8.7 deaths per 1,000 live births, Gov. John Engler announced recently.

Black infant mortality fell, but it remained more than twice the white rate. One public health expert compared the rate to those in underdeveloped countries.

Last year, 18.4 of each 1,000 babies born to black women in Michigan died within 12 months of birth, the state said. That was down from 18.8 per 1,000 in 1993. For whites in the state, the 1994 death rate was 6.5 per 1,000, down from 7.1 percent the year before. The 1993 death rate for all babies in the state was 9.5 per 1,000. Nationally, infant...

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