Preterm birth kills more Milwaukee babies than other causes combined, By Crocker Stephenson, May 5, 2015, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Preterm birth kills Milwaukee babies more readily than all the other causes of infant death combined, kills a disproportionate number of African-American babies, and each year across Wisconsin absorbs hundreds of millions of dollars that might otherwise be used to promote healthy birth outcomes. That has been the trend for years. According to preliminary data to be released Wednesday by the Milwaukee Health Department, 2014 was no different…”
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Joblessness and Life Expectancy
Joblessness shortens lifespan of least educated white women, research says, By Sabrina Tavernise, May 30, 2013, New York Times: “Researchers have known for some time that life expectancy is declining for the country’s least educated white women, but they have not been able to explain why. A new study has found that the two factors most strongly associated with higher death rates were smoking and not having a job. The aim of the study, which is being published Thursday in The Journal of Health and Social Behavior, was to explain the growing gap in mortality between white women without a high school diploma and those with a high school diploma or more…”
State of the World’s Mothers Report
- To save more newborns, focus on the poor, report says, By Ryan Lenora Brown, May 7, 2013, Christian Science Monitor: “Over the last two decades, the number of children dying before their fifth birthday has decreased dramatically around the globe – falling from 12 million annually in 1990 to 7 million today. But one group remains particularly at risk: newborns born to poor families. In the world’s poorest countries – as well as some of its richest – income is an increasingly large factor in how risky a baby’s first days of life are, according to a report released today by Save the Children, an international nongovernmental organization…”
- More US babies die on their first day than in 68 other countries, report shows, By Maggie Fox, April 30, 2013, NBC News: “The U.S. is a worse place for newborns than 68 other countries, including Egypt, Turkey and Peru, according to a report released Tuesday by Save the Children. A million babies die every year globally on the same day they were born, including more than 11,000 American newborns, the report estimates. Most of them could be saved with fairly cheap interventions, the group says…”