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Infant Mortality Rate Defined
Deaths in the first year of life per 1000 births. According to the U.S. General Accounting Office, 50% of these deaths are due to lifestyle factors, 20% due to environmental factors, 20% due to biological factors, and 10% due to inadequate health care.
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NH high on list of healthiest states
Published December 4, 2008, 5:31 pm, Boston Globe
All six New England states score high on the latest ranking of the healthiest states.
Tragic toll in lone parent families as research reveals their babies are more likely to die young
Published December 4, 2008, 5:07 pm, Daily Mail
Single mothers are more likely to give birth to children who die young. Figures by the Department of Health show babies born to lone parents are 30 per cent more likely to die before their first birthday than those who have mothers in stable relationships.
Wyoming gets a physical
Published December 4, 2008, 4:55 pm, Billings Gazette
CHEYENNE - Wyoming is ranked No. 14 in an annual nationwide report on public health.
Milwaukee Infant Mortality Rate Drops
Published December 4, 2008, 3:48 pm, WISN 12 Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE -- The infant mortality rate dropped 20 percent in 2007 from 2006, according to data released at a news conference Thursday.
National Report Shows No Change In North Carolina"™s Health Status
Published December 4, 2008, 2:56 pm, MyNC.com
Smoking, obesity and infant mortality are still the top challenges facing the health of North Carolinians. The latest release of America’s Health Rankings puts North Carolina at 36 in the nation, behind Delaware and just ahead of Kentucky.
Canadian health gets a 'B'
Published December 4, 2008, 2:55 pm, Canada.com
The health of Canadians was ranked 10th among 16 developed countries in a study released Tuesday - good enough for a B grade, but down from the fifth-place finish Canada earned in the 1990s.
Vermont called healthiest US state, Louisiana least
Published December 4, 2008, 2:44 pm, Gulf Times
WASHINGTON: Louisiana has displaced Mississippi as the unhealthiest US state and other Southern states were close rivals due to high obesity and smoking rates in new rankings that deemed Vermont the healthiest.
Background Note: New Zealand
Published December 4, 2008, 2:01 pm, Scoop.co.nz
Geography Area: 270,500 sq. km.; about the size of Colorado Cities (December 2006): Capital --Wellington (450,600). Other cities --Auckland (1,237,239), Christchurch (338,748), Hamilton (130,000).
Background Note: Turkey
Published December 4, 2008, 2:01 pm, Scoop.co.nz
Geography Area: 780,580 sq. km. Cities: Capital --Ankara (pop. 3.9 million). Other cities --Istanbul (11.3 million), Izmir (2.6 million), Bursa (1.5 million), Adana (1.5 million), Gaziantep (1.2 million).
Wyoming gets a physical
Published December 4, 2008, 1:59 pm, KTVQ Billings
Associated Press - December 4, 2008 4:45 PM ET CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming is ranked No. 14 in an annual nationwide report on public health.
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- Special Report: Infant mortality in Memphis :: Several Memphis ZIP codes have infant death rates higher than scores of Third World countries. North Memphis' 38108, which includes the tattered communities of Douglass and Hollywood, is deadlier for babies than Vietnam, El Salvador and Iran.
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- We Don't Need Universal Health Care Pt. I: Why Does The US Have Such A High Infant Mortality Rate ?: The US infant mortality rate is not as bad as it appears once all of the mitigating factors are taken into account before comparing the statistic against other countries.
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