Infant mortality has gone up by 50 percent in the last 15 years.
Education levels were up, infant mortality was down and so on.
Infant mortality takes away society's potential physical, social, and human capital.
Infant mortality is three to four times greater than the majority population.
Infant mortality, too, reached a record low - less than half the rate of the 1980's.
In the South we have the highest rate of infant mortality.
Infant mortality, too, is among the highest in the nation.
That is, low birth weight can increase the risk of infant mortality.
Infant mortality was at 77 per 1,000 live births in 2005.
Infant mortality was at 100 per 1,000 births in 2005.
