RACIAL DIVIDE PERSISTS IN MICHIGAN’S INFANT MORTALITY RATE
| dc.contributor.author | Mathis, Jo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-14T15:06:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-14T15:06:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | For nearly 30 years, Michigan has been reducing its infant mortality rate. Still, as of 2009, a black infant in Michigan is three times more likely to die than a white baby, according to the latest statistics from 2009. In fact, the mortality rate for black infants in Michigan for 2009 (15.5 per 1,000 live births) is roughly the same today as for white infants in 1973 (15.2). In the last decade, infant mortality rates for white infants have decreased from 5.9 to 5.4. “We’re glad that our infant mortality rates have gone down, but we are still ranked 40th… | |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.bridgemi.com/children-families/racial-divide-persists-michigans-infant-mortality-rate | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13016/7tn8-26hz | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mathis, Jo (2011) RACIAL DIVIDE PERSISTS IN MICHIGAN’S INFANT MORTALITY RATE. Bridge Magazine . | |
| dc.identifier.other | Eprint ID 3532 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/24086 | |
| dc.subject | Access To Healthcare | |
| dc.subject | Disparities | |
| dc.subject | Policy | |
| dc.subject | Prenatal & Pediatric Health | |
| dc.subject | Health Risk Factors | |
| dc.title | RACIAL DIVIDE PERSISTS IN MICHIGAN’S INFANT MORTALITY RATE | |
| dc.type | Article |