Gov. Cooper: North Carolina's Infant Death Rate Reaches Record Low
October 21, 2019
October 21, 2019
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 21 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release:
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- Improvement recorded for third consecutive year according to 2018 data
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Governor Roy Cooper today noted that North Carolina's infant deaths in 2018 reached their lowest rate in the 31 years they have been tracked, decreasing for a third straight year to 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births down 4.2 percent from the previous year's . . .
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- Improvement recorded for third consecutive year according to 2018 data
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Governor Roy Cooper today noted that North Carolina's infant deaths in 2018 reached their lowest rate in the 31 years they have been tracked, decreasing for a third straight year to 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births down 4.2 percent from the previous year's . . .