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To: SC DOC
Almost all U.S. infant mortality cases occur within the Medicaid population...

While I may tend to believe your stat, can you point me to some statistical site that supports your statement?

7 posted on 09/10/2009 6:40:02 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Sgt_Schultze
The contributors to infant mortality are well known. Low birth weight, poverty, poor diet, smoking, teen pregnancy, etc. This data from Kansas is not an exhaustive comparison of Medicaid vs. Non-Medicaid infant mortality, but does bring up some important diferences that can be extrapolated.

Birth Risk Factors

10 posted on 09/10/2009 8:21:45 AM PDT by SC DOC
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