Milwaukee’s infant mortality rate shows a drop

Fewer babies died in Milwaukee before their first birthday last year, leading to a 14% reduction in the infant mortality rate, according to figures released Thursday by the city Health Department. In 2010, the Health Department found that 96 infants died in their first year, compared with 121 the previous year. That decline in the raw number put the city's infant mortality rate at 9.44 deaths per 1,000 live births. The infant mortality rate in 2009 was 11. (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 3/18)