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How the health divide impacts the infant mortality rate in North Carolina s rural areas
Looking into how the health divide affects the infant mortality rate in North Carolina By WBTV Web Staff | March 12, 2021 at 12:35 PM EST - Updated March 12 at 12:35 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - One aspect of the health divide in America is impossible to ignore. The loss of babies.
Nationally, the infant mortality rate is 5.7 percent for every 1,000 live births.
In Caldwell County it’s 7.2 percent and in Burke County it’s 7.6 percent.
State numbers show more than 90 percent of infant deaths can be traced back to perinatal conditions.