Infant Mortality

Black babies are at higher risk of infant mortality than white babies. There are also several factors behind the barriers to prenatal care in Florida.

The new facility will allow more extremely premature and sick newborns to receive high intensity care

Healthy Start is a free home visiting program that provides education and care coordination to pregnant women and families with children under the age of 3.

Will Florida Moms adopt the “Baby Box?” The committee that reviews child abuse death cases is hoping that could be a successful effort to help Florida in…

The Florida Department of Health released data Wednesday on infant mortality rates in Leon County. A sharp decline in deaths among black children is the…

Georgia’s infant mortality rate is the seventh highest in the nation and the in the state’s southern region, health care outcomes are particularly…

Leon County ranks as one of the healthiest in Florida--but there are still problems where the county fares among the worst. STD's, Infant Mortality,…

Leon and its surrounding counties tend to have a higher infant mortality rate than the state as a whole, particularly in the African-American community.…