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| | N C H S - 2004 Fact Sheet - New CDC Report Confirms Increase in Infant Mortality Rate |
 | | Between 1995 and 2002 the overall infant mortality rate declined by 7.9 percent, but rates were down 9.4 percent for infants of Asian or Pacific Islanders and 11.1 percent for infants of Hispanic mothers. | | | The three leading causes of infant death were congenital malformations, low birthweight, and sudden infant death syndrome, which together accounted for 45 percent of all infant deaths. | | | Between 2001 and 2002 the infant mortality rate among mothers who smoked during pregnancy increased by 6 percent. |
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| | Infant Mortality -- United States, 1993 |
| | Because race reflects differing distributions of several risk factors for infant death (e.g., low birthweight {LBW} {less than 2500 g (less than 5 lbs 9 oz) at birth}) and is useful for identifying groups at greatest risk for infant death, this analysis examines race-specific mortality rates. | | | Two national health objectives for the year 2000 are 1) to reduce the overall infant mortality rate to no more than 7 per 1000 (objective 14.1) and 2) to reduce the rate among black infants to no more than 11 per 1000 (objective 14.1a) (4). | | | However, based on data about infant birthweight or gestational age available in linked birth and infant death files, recent reductions in the misclassification of infant deaths to this cause may have obfuscated the true increase. |
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| | Preventing Infant Mortality - |
| | As part of its broader efforts to reduce infant mortality, HHS agencies support a wide range of outreach and education efforts aimed at reducing behavior that increases the risks of infant mortality. | | | HHS also supports public health campaigns to promote healthy habits among parents expecting a child or caring for an infant to prevent child malnutrition, as well as medical research to better understand and prevent birth defects, premature birth and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and to promote healthier growth and development. | | | The initiative includes 22 measurable health objectives specific to risk factors for infant mortality and more than 100 related objectives on issues such as cigarette smoking. |
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| | DHECNEWS -- 2000 infant mortality rate |
| | After the baby is born, parents can prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by putting their babies on their backs to sleep and making sure the baby gets regular checkups and immunizations,” she said. | | | Nationwide, overall maternal and infant health has been improving, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. | | | “The causes of infant deaths are complex and represent not only medical problems, but social, economic and educational problems as well.” |
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| | News - State's infant mortality rate unchanged |
| | Waddell said challenges ahead include increasing awareness of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and the importance of putting babies to sleep on their backs, keeping a smoke-free environment, and using firm bedding. | | | Other factors in infant deaths include congenital anomalies, short gestation, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and adverse maternal conditions. | | | Each infant death tears at our hearts because of the suffering and disappointment of families. |
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| | Map & Graph: Countries by Health: Infant mortality rate |
| | In many of the countries with lower infant mortality there is more emphasis on prevention through access to care, education, sanitation, birth control and more. | | | Our infant mortality rate is driven by our high accidental death rate and our immigration stats. | | | Our rate is high because we have a very poor health care system. |
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| | Infant Mortality Fact Sheet |
| | A network between health care experts and minority communities to encourage healthy behaviors by pregnant women and parents of infants. | | | Parents and caregivers should place sleeping infants on their backs and reduce bed sharing. | | | This joint approach should address the behaviors, lifestyles, and conditions that affect birth outcomes. |
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| | The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Health Care? Ask Cuba |
| | Or to put it another way, our policy failures in Iraq may be killing Americans at a rate of about 800 a year, but our health care failures at home are resulting in incomparably more deaths - of infants. | | | Babies are less likely to survive in America, with a health care system that we think is the best in the world, than in impoverished and autocratic Cuba. | | | Sweden, Japan and Iceland all have a rate that is less than half of ours. |
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| | GreenvilleOnline.com - State's infant mortality rate slides up |
| | Medical advances that helped save many tiny babies for many years affected the mortality rate, Waddell said. | | | * And to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, babies should be placed on their back to sleep. | | | But medical interventions alone won't solve the problem, she said. |
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| | Boston.com / News / Nation / US infant-mortality rate increases for first time in 40 years |
| | "All of the improvement in infant mortality in recent years has come as a result of our doing better at saving the high-risk infants that are born, not in preventing high-risk pregnancies in the first place. | | | In fact, when researchers examined the overall death rate for both fetuses in late pregnancy and infants after birth, they found no increase. | | | Fertility experts, however, questioned the suggestion that in-vitro fertilization and other assisted-reproduction treatments may play a role in the increased infant mortality. |
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| | WCTV Infant Mortality Rate |
| | Organizations like the march of dimes support a program called "Back to Sleep", but the CDC also says the U.S. infant mortality rate is still twice that of other developed countries. | | | Doctors and child advocacy groups say they want to change that. | | | Experts say expectant mothers just don't have the access they need for prenatal care. |
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| | Summary and Findings |
| | The fact that the infant morality rate has dropped steadily suggests that there may be some lessons that could be applied to other areas of child well-being. | | | 84 However, the problem of infant mortality varies among individual cities, and recent evidence indicates neighborhood conditions can have a big impact on infant mortality rates. | | | Reduction in infant mortality in the United States is clearly a success story. |
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| | Dorlands Medical Dictionary |
| | respiration rate, & of breaths per minute, usually measured by movements of the chest. | | | Time may be a point or a defined interval; if unspecified it is traditionally the former. | | | the death rate in a specific group of persons simultaneously affected by some event, such as a natural disaster. 2. |
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| | The Mountaineer: Infant mortality rate rises in North Carolina |
| | The goal is to develop appropriate programs and interventions to improve infant mortality. | | | “Until we can create a healthier environment for kids to grow up in, a more health-oriented culture in our state, our days of big declines in infant mortality may be over,” Devlin said. | | | The 2004 increase in infant mortality affected all racial and ethnic groups. |
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| | Kickass Sociology: Infant Mortality Rate Rises |
| | Experts said the use of new technology and drugs improved the chances of high-risk pregnancies but had yet to keep some premature babies alive much longer than their first month. | | | In fact, it makes a lot of sense that more high-risk pregnancies will lead to more infant deaths. | | | Poverty is such an important cause of infant mortality that in some studies these statistics are used almost interchangeably. |
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| | High infant-mortality rate here puzzles health experts |
| | Amid reports that the national infant-mortality rate jumped in 2002, Hamilton County officials have expressed concern that the increase was even sharper here. | | | African-Americans are disproportionately poor and much of the premature birth risk may be tied to unhealthful conditions and personal behaviors that are common among the poor - including poor nutrition, drug, alcohol and tobacco use or domestic violence. | | | But that's apparently not the case locally, where Hamilton County's infant mortality rate has hovered between 9.8 and 10.5 for much of the past decade, which has local health officials puzzled. |
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| | The Digital Courier: County infant mortality rate drops in 2003 |
| | The health of the woman needs to be focused on before they become pregnant, because the majority of births in the state are unplanned, Devlin said. | | | Preventing premature births, which often result in infant death, remains one of our most persistent and critical public health challenges." | | | Placing infants on their backs when they sleep is important for reducing the risk of SIDS and last year, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the 2003 Prevent SIDS law requiring licensed childcare providers to position babies 12 months of age or under on their backs for sleeping. |
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| | DC infant mortality rate lowest ever - Boston.com |
| | Health Director Dr. Gregg A. Pane said the city needs to look at several issues which could be responsible. | | | "We will work to close the gap along racial and ethnic lines in order to improve the overall health and well-being of our infants, our mothers and our community," Pane said. | | | He cited as examples mothers who are substance abusers, have conditions like obesity or do not get sufficient health care. |
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| | Infant mortality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The World Health Organization defines a live birth as any born human being who demonstrates independent signs of life, including breathing, muscle movement, or heartbeat. | | | Comparing statistics for IMR across countries can be a useful indicator of their level of health and development, but the method for calculating IMR often varies widely between countries based on the way they define a live birth. | | | The leading causes of infant mortality are dehydration and disease. |
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| | InfoChange India News & Features, india health news, public health, India Healthcare, India Health indicators, ... |
| | About 80% of people in developing countries rely on traditional plant-based medicines for basic healthcare, and three-quarters of the world’s top-selling prescription drugs include ingredients derived from plant extracts, he noted. | | | According to official sources, the NAC noted: “Time-bound quantifiable goals and specific road maps need to be determined, along with health infrastructure linkages and adequate financial allocation”. | | | According to the WHO, about 80% of cases of premature heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, and over 40% of cancer cases, can be prevented if these factors are eliminated. |
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| | INFANT MORTALITY RATE DROPS TO ALL-TIME LOW |
| | Studies have found that infants born to women who participate in the two programs have lower rates of premature birth, low birth weight and infant mortality, and health care expenditures during the first year of life are more than 40 percent less. | | | "Infant mortality is an important measure of the state's health and we are making steady progress," Dr. Whitaker said. | | | The primary strategy is to identify women early in pregnancy, assist them with finding health care and other services, help them follow a healthy diet and encourage them to avoid health risks, such as smoking. |
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| | Infant mortality rate decreasing - UNICEF |
| | Infant deaths in the perinatal period accounted for 32.7 percent and according to the recent casual analysis of infant deaths conducted by UNICEF in 2002, 50 percent of newborns who died were born at full term and appropriate to the gestational age weight, which indicated a low quality of available care. | | | A survey conducted in 2000 using the universal World Health Organization (WHO) definition of live births revealed that a more representative infant mortality rate was 52 per 1,000 live births. | | | However, Vigo said that those figures were based on the Soviet definition of live births, which resulted in lower rates. |
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| | USATODAY.com - Infant mortality rate increases for the first time in four decades |
| | Most of the recent rise in infant deaths was attributed to neonates — babies less than 28 days old — particularly infants who died within the first week of life. | | | He calls infant mortality an important measure of public health, reflecting such factors as prenatal care, parental health, family socioeconomic status and health coverage. | | | But that good news was tempered by a troubling increase in infant mortality, which is considered an important bellwether of a nation's overall health. |
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| | Pittsburgh's black infant mortality rate drops |
| | Unfortunately, it can't pinpoint whatever problem or problems might be plaguing a community, and that also means that improving the death rates requires a wide range of actions -- improving access to care, counseling, parent education, transportation, nutrition and more. | | | Infant mortality is a widely used measure of health care quality because so many factors can affect the health of a newborn -- quality of care, access to care, socioeconomic status, mother's age and lifestyle factors such as smoking, drug use and diet. | | | The African-American infant mortality rate is thus a particularly sensitive measure of a community's health. |
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| | Infant mortality rate shows 'significant' increase - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics |
| | Deaths were especially high among infants in the first week of life, which the authors said is when "more than half of all infant deaths typically occur." | | | She said the heightened use of fertility drugs is one factor because such medications can cause multiple births of undersized babies. | | | The research showed a 4 percent increase in the 2002 neonatal mortality rate. |
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| | Infant Mortality Rate Drops, Children More Likely to Have A Working Parent, Be Read to, Report Says |
| | "The drop in infant mortality is very encouraging," said Duane Alexander, M.D., director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. | | | The rate of smoking among 12th graders did not change significantly, at 21 percent in 2000, and 19 percent in 2001. | | | Alexander noted that Healthy People 2000, a series of national health objectives published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, set a goal for reducing the infant mortality rate to 7.0 by 2000. |
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| | Pontiac sees huge drop in African-American infant-mortality rate |
| | It also hopes to lower the incidence of abuse and neglect of infants in the program, many of whom are born to teenage, single mothers. | | | Its goals are to reduce infant mortality -- defined as the number of babies who die before their first birthday -- and the number of premature and low-birth-weight babies. | | | The mothers-to-be also were given nutritional advice, access to food programs and medical help to avoid infections that might harm the developing fetus. |
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| | Infant Mortality Rate Remains at All-Time Low |
| | We must continue to work to enhance the delivery of early and regular prenatal and infant care, particularly for those women and families at the greatest risk.” | | | Lumpkin said the public health community needs to reach expectant mothers to stress the importance of taking care of themselves and their unborn babies by eating nutritional foods, and by not smoking, drinking alcohol or using illegal drugs. | | | In 1998, 1,505 infants did not live to their first birthday (nearly two-thirds died within the first 28 days of life); this was 29 more deaths than occurred in 1997. |
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| | Infant mortality rate rises in U.S. ajc.com |
| | The NCHS data released Thursday did not give state-by-state or major city breakdowns. | | | The rate of infant deaths was 7.0 per 1,000 births, compared with 6.8 per 1,000 births in 2001 — or about 500 more babies dying mostly from medical conditions and other causes before their first birthday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. | | | Clearer answers to what caused the increase should be forthcoming by summer after researchers examine the 130 defined causes of infant death, and compare the babies' death records to birth records, which give clues to their mothers' health, prenatal care and socioeconomic factors. |
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| | County's infant mortality rate increases |
| | Consulting with a doctor before taking medications during a pregnancy and seeking prenatal care early on are preventative methods for infant mortality, Sartin said. | | | Several factors — including drug abuse and eating disorders — can contribute to infant mortality, said Nancy Sartin, nursing supervisor for the health department. | | | The rate was 7 per 1,000 in 1996, when 11 of 1,578 infants died. |
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| | A number of agencies say there are programs to help expecting mothers take care of their infants but it is difficult getting the word out to those who need it. | | | More than 2% of African American infants will not make it past their infancy. | | | This state-funded program is designed to reduce the infant mortality rate in Grand Rapids and it´s free. |
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| | Report finds state's infant mortality rate on rise - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper |
| | Arakaki pointed to cutbacks to health and human service programs that stress preventative care, including prenatal care. | | | A number of risk factors, including smoking and lack of prenatal care, are also associated with infant mortality, she said. | | | The lowest rate in the past 20 years was in 1996, when it was 5.8 deaths per 1,000 births, said Cheryl Price, a child health epidemiologist with the Department of Health. |
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| | GreenvilleOnline.com - Infant mortality rate falls |
| | "We need to continue to learn what we can about these deaths so we can continue to educate the community about ways to eliminate this disparity and reduce infant mortality," she said. | | | The rate dropped about 11 percent between 2002 and 2003, according to the state Department of Health and Environmental Control, largely because of a decline in the number of deaths among black infants. | | | "To have a very-low-birth-weight infant is to have a severely at-risk baby, even after the infant is released from the neonatal unit and goes home." |
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| | Health, Cuba Reports Record Low Infant Mortality Rate: Cuba News, Cuba Travel, cultural, business news. |
| | Get the feeling of the country & the friendliness of its ppl | | | Cuba's health system reported the lowest infant mortality rate in history in 2004, as a result of health programs carried out by local authorities. | | | The best result in Cuba was reported in central Sancti Spiritus province, which had 3.3 deaths, while another seven provinces had an infant mortality rate lower than the national average. |
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| | Rate, infant mortality definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | The infant mortality rate is an important measure of the well-being of infants, children, and pregnant women because it is associated with a variety of factors, such as maternal health, quality and access to medical care, socioeconomic conditions, and public health practices. | | | About one-third of infant deaths occur after the first month and are influenced greatly by social or environmental factors, such as exposure to cigarette smoke or problems with access to health care. | | | Among Asians/Pacific Islanders, infant mortality rates ranged from 3.2 for infants of Chinese origin to 5.8 for Filipinos. |
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| | Infant Mortality Rate Jumps in the District |
| | Although much remains unknown about the causes of persistent racial disparities in infant mortality, medical experts and social scientists view the rate as a key measure of a community's overall health and well being. | | | Other factors, such as an increase in sexually transmitted diseases or multiple births, which often involve low birth-weight babies, can distort the rate, officials said. | | | Researchers have not yet decoded the ways in which social, psychological, economic, environmental and medical factors contribute to low birth weight and prematurity – two of the biggest causes of infant death. |
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| | Infant mortality rate |
| | The overall death rate among neonatal infants during their first 27 days of life was 3.6, whereas the rate among infants 28 to 365 days old was 3.0 deaths per 1,000. | | | In 2002 the leading causes of infant deaths were congenital abnormalities (17), followed by low birthweight/immaturity (16), sudden infant death syndrome (13), perinatal complications (9), accidents (2), and all other causes (13). | | | This is a rate of 6.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. |
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| | Infant Mortality Rate |
| | It is often used to measure the level of development of various countries, as it is often argued that one of the benefits of more developed economies is that increase in the national level of health and the consequential decline in the prevalence of various health problems including infant mortality. | | | The infant mortality rate is sometimes considered to be highly correlated with economic well being, as those babies born to more affluent mothers are more likely to see their first birthday. | | | Infant mortality is one of the most commonly used variables in sociology research. |
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| | Black Infant Mortality Rate Higher |
| | Infant mortality rates will drop when there is a rise in personal responsibility on the part of expectant mothers. | | | These babies are born addicted to crack, other drugs or born with congenital veneral diseases. | | | A century ago the overall rate in the U.S. was similar to that of some of the poorest Third World countries of today. |
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| | Glossary (F - I) [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ] |
| | Infant mortality is often used as a measure of how well developed the health system of a country is. | | | A floating exchange rate system is where the external value of the currency is allowed to find its own value against other currencies. | | | Hard loan - A loan where commercial rates of interest are changed and no concessions made to the debtor. |
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| | HPH NOW, December 10, 2004, APHA: U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Up for First Time in Four Decades while Overall National ... |
| | The U.S. infant mortality rate is about double the rate found in Hong Kong (3.1) and Japan (3.4), according to "America’s Health." Those numbers were drawn from a 1999 report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | | | However, during the 2000s, health improvement in the country slowed to an annual rate of only 0.2 percent each year–1/8th the rate of the 1990s. | | | During the 1990s, health in the United States advanced by an annual rate of 1.5 percent each year, according to the report. |
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| | And yet, critical health issues remain: infectious diseases continue to claim a large number of lives, babies continue to die needless deaths from diarrhoea and respiratory infections, and millions still do not have access to the most basic healthcare. | | | Life expectancy at birth and infant mortality are two important indicators of a society's health. | | | It has also been argued that the HIV epidemic should be seen in the context of other conditions such as diarrhoea, respiratory infections and tuberculosis, which have a higher morbidity and mortality |
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| | Infant Mortality Rate |
| | The 11 percent drop is due mainly to a nearly 23 percent drop in the number of postneonatal deaths, which are deaths that occur among infants between 28 days and one year of age. | | | One is the offering of health insurance to uninsured pregnant women through the Maryland Children’s Health Program. | | | Joint efforts include regional perinatal partnerships through the Crenshaw Initiatives, which emphasize a regional approach to prenatal care; and linkages through local health departments to academic institutions, perinatal organizations, hospitals, providers, managed care organizations and community groups. |
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| | The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Infant mortality rate |
| | This rate is often used an indicator of the level of health in a country. | | | This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. | | | The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Infant mortality rate |
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| | Infant mortality rate falls |
| | The goal was to cut infant deaths in half, an accomplishment that is now all but assured. | | | The goal is to identify women as early in their pregnancies as possible. | | | The new rate is still higher than the national figure of 7.2 in 1998, the last year for which figures are complete. |
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| | U.S. infant mortality rate on the rise - Children's Health - MSNBC.com |
| | Despite the infant mortality increase, U.S. life expectancy continues to rise because of steady decreases in deaths from heart disease, stroke and cancer. | | | U.S. infant mortality rate on the rise - Children's Health - MSNBC.com | | | CDC analysts had expected another year of decline — the last time the rate rose was in 1958. |
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| | Infant Mortality Rate |
| | The infant mortality rate is an internationally accepted indicator of the health status of a population. | | | The number of deaths of children under one year of age expressed as a rate per 1,000 live births. |
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| | Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd: "potter's field" in my own backyard |
| | the "have not's" are poverty, and infant mortality is a symptom of poverty within an area; caused by lack of access to healthcare, prenatal care, proper nutrition, & education. | | | in a scene from what, you would think, is a third world country these are pictures of infant's coffins. | | | did you know, placing children on their backs to sleep is the best prevention for sids (sudden infant death syndrome)? |
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