Black babies die at higher rates.
Publication Date: 01-NOV-07
Publication Title: The Chicago Reporter
Format: Online
Author: Olivesi, Marine

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The news:

According to the National Vital Statistics Reports released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in August, the infant mortality rate was 6.79 deaths per 1,000 "live births" in the country.

Behind the news:

According to a 2006 report from the Chicago Department of Public Health, the infant mortality rate in Chicago stood well above the national rate at 9.6 deaths per 1,000.

Five predominantly black neighborhoods on the South and West sides had the highest...



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