Mississippi declares public health emergency on infant mortality | Morning in America
WELL, THE UNITED STATES MAY BE THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERPOWER. AND ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BUT A SHOCKING HEALTH CRISIS IS GENERATING COMPARISONS. >> BETWEEN ONE STATE IN A LITERAL WARS DOWN. MISSISSIPPI HAS DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OVER ITS INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHICH IS GET THIS EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT OF WAR-TORN UKRAINE. IT HAS PEOPLE ASKING WHY SO MANY BABIES ARE DYING IN MISSISSIPPI AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SAVE THEM NEWS NATION’S XAVIER WALTON HAS THE DETAILS. I MEAN, XAVIER HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE IN 2025. WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MISSISSIPPI. >> MARQUIS. THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. AND HONESTLY, THAT’S WHAT HEALTH EXPERTS THERE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS A TOUGH TOPIC THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME FOR YOU AND ALSO NEW AND EXPECTING MOTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOULD MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE U.S. HAS MADE GREAT PROGRESS OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS. BUT THAT’S AS A NATION AS A WHOLE KIND OF INFANT MORTALITY RATE NEARLY IN HALF FROM 10.9% IN 1983 DOWN TO 5 0.6 2023 THE MOST RECENT YEAR. >> DATA AVAILABLE. BUT THAT SUCCESS IS THE SAME ACROSS ALL 50 STATES. IN FACT, 20 STATES SAW MORE THAN 6 INFANTS DIE EVERY 1000 BORN THAT’S HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN INFANT DEATHS HAVE GOTTEN SO BAD IN MISSISSIPPI IN PARTICULAR, THE STATE DECLARED INFANT MORTALITY RATE PUBLIC EMERGENCY. ACCORDING TO THE STATE’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE STATE HAD 9 0.7 INFANT DEATHS PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS LAST YEAR. IT’S THE HIGHEST INFANT MORTALITY RATE MORE THAN A DECADE. AND WHAT’S THE MOST STAGGERING, THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE FOR BLACK CHILDREN IN MISSISSIPPI, UP TO 15.2, NEARLY 3 POINTS HIGHER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE AND IT’S THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN YEARS FOR OTHER NOT HISPANIC CHILDREN OF COLOR. THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE BETTER. BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 12.3 INFANT DEATHS PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS. IT’S AT 6 0.3 FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN. NEARLY IN LINE WITH THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR WHITE INVENTS AT 5 0.8 PUT IT SIMPLY MARKING MORE THAN 3500 INFANT INFANTS HAVE DIED. IN MISSISSIPPI BEFORE THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY 2014. THINK ABOUT THAT NUMBER MORE THAN 3500 BEFORE THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY SINCE 2014. THAT’S WHY SO MANY ARE JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF GROWING CRISIS IMPOSSIBLE TO EVEN THABINOUK T OR
Health officials in Mississippi have declared a public health emergency after reporting the state’s highest infant death rate in more than a decade. NewsNation’s Xavier Walton is live on “Morning in America” with the report.
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