SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health officials say the state's infant mortality rate has dropped significantly. Birth defects as well as low birth weight and disorders related to preterm births were the most common causes of infant deaths in 2012.
New Mexico's Infant Mortality Rate Drops
National/International Headline List General Wire, San Antonio Express-News: World
Wed, 08/27/2014 - 6:46am
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