Back to the Future: Reflecting on Three Decades of Healthy North Carolina Infant Mortality Goals.

N C Med J

Title V Office, North Carolina Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Published: May 2023

Decreasing infant mortality has been a key objective of Healthy North Carolina task forces since the inaugural 1990 objectives, but the state has frequently failed to reach its infant mortality goal. Minimal infant mortality reductions continue, as does an unacceptable Black-White disparity ratio. More focused efforts are required.

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