US EditionMississippi Declares Public Health Emergency over Infant Deaths
Mississippi's infant mortality rate reached 9.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024, with Black infants dying at more than twice the rate of White infants, prompting urgent health actions.
- Mississippi health officials declared a public health emergency after data revealed the infant mortality rate rose to its highest in over a decade, aiming to coordinate hospitals, state agencies and community groups.
- Racial disparities underlie infant mortality in Mississippi, with Black infants more than twice as likely as White infants to die; leading causes include congenital issues, preterm birth, low birthweight, SIDS, and lack of Medicaid expansion plus federal funding cuts.
- State figures show 9.7 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024, nearly double the national average of 5.6, and since 2014, more than 3,500 Mississippi infants have died before their first birthday.
- Officials plan to expand prenatal services, regionalize obstetric care, and strengthen home visiting and community health worker programs, leveraging the Mississippi Department of Health's new resource direction authority.
- With federal data pending, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will release updated national infant death data later this year, while PRAMS faces elimination and research links the Dobbs decision to more infant deaths.
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The Mississippi Department of Health has declared a state of emergency in the face of rising infant mortality rates in the United States.
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