US Black Children Twice as Likely as Whites to Die Before 1st Birthday

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Wed Sep-07-05 10:05 PM
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US Black Children Twice as Likely as Whites to Die Before 1st Birthday

It reveals that the infant mortality rate has been rising in the US for the past five years - and is now the same as Malaysia. America's black children are twice as likely as whites to die before their first birthday.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article311066.ece

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AspenRose

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Wed Sep-07-05 10:09 PM
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1. This is why the US has such a high infant mortality rate

poverty and racism.

What the world doesn't understand is the concept of the "two Americas." And we ALL pay the price.

Bumper sticker in my neighborhood: Everyone does better when everyone does better.

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