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Racial Disparities in Infant Mortalities Persist Despite Record Low Rates in Kansas

Image of a woman in a mask holding an infant swaddled in a blanket.

By: Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

“… while the number of infant deaths reported is the lowest on record for the state, disparities in infant mortality rates among vulnerable populations persist in 2019.” This article features information from the Kansas Infant Mortality & Stillbirth Report (2019) by KDHE Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics.

Read more about how race influences infant mortality rates in Kansas and possible ways to address these disparities.