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Infant Mortality

NCHS preliminary data put the 2008 infant mortality rate at 6.59 deaths per 1,000 live births, 2.4 percent below 2007. Neonatal mortality fell 3.4 percent while postneonatal mortality held steady. The rate for black infants, 12.68, was 2.3 times the white rate of 5.54.

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