Infant deaths: Searching for answers
Babies in Mississippi are less likely to reach their first birthday than babies in any other state, according to CDC information. For years, Mississippi's infant mortality rate has actually placed last in the U.S.
Experts indicate a number of contributing factors, consisting of excessive weight, poverty and teen childbirths Leading 10 CNN Hero Catalina Escobar is battling the same issue in Colombia
Colombia's rate is greater than any type of state, however it's similar to the rates of black Americans
(CNN)-- The space was lined with child after child, and it was virtually too cozy for Keri Dykes to tolerate. She keeps in mind pressing in between the incubators to see her son Jesse, who had actually been born just 25 weeks into her pregnancy.
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Mary Currier
Overall Sentiment: 0.142722
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| 0.163473 | "Infant mortality goes along with poverty, and we have a pretty low average income in the state," says Currier. |
| 0.218465 | "It is my belief that is largely due to poverty and the social determinants of health," Currier said ... |
| -0.0518274 | "If we can increase access to that injectable medication, that can decrease preterm birth," said Currier, ... |
| 0.21631 | "at least we're going in the right direction," she said. ... |
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Catalina Escobar
Overall Sentiment: 0.049107
Relevance: 0.472353
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| 0 | "You see these girls, (with) their tiny faces ... they're babies holding babies," Escobar said. ... |
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Keri Dykes
Overall Sentiment: 0.510676
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| 0 | "It's just something you never, ever think will happen to you," she said. ... |
| 0.191119 | "We just pretty much believe that God had a purpose for (Jesse), and he did touch a lot of lives while he was here," Dykes said. ... |
| 0.191119 | "We just pretty much believe that God had a purpose for (Jesse), and he did touch a lot of lives while he was here," Dykes said. "We just have to believe that we don't have to understand." |
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Eve Lackritz
Overall Sentiment: 0.0890587
Relevance: 0.416968
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| 0 | "This should be an active area of research," Lackritz said. ... |
| -0.213338 | "This should be an active area of research," Lackritz said. "This is an area that has not received the sufficient attention that it deserves." |
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Anitra Cooper
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| 0 | "I was still breast-feeding him at the time," Cooper said. ... |
| 0 | "I was still breast-feeding him at the time," Cooper said. "I was doing everything that I could possibly do." |
| 0 | "A lot of people go to the doctor and don't make the doctor talk in layman's terms," Cooper said. ... |
| -0.0857053 | "A lot of people go to the doctor and don't make the doctor talk in layman's terms," Cooper said. "They're unaware of what they need to do for their children." |
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Jesse
Overall Sentiment: 0.0780509
Relevance: 0.362431
Dr. Michelle Owens
Overall Sentiment: 0.0586621
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Pushpa Basnet
Overall Sentiment: -0.233784
Relevance: 0.252629
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| 0.135568 | "I always had a dream to build our own home for these children, and I want to rescue more children who are still in prisons," Basnet said. ... |
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Overall Sentiment: 0.951245
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Jesse Ray
Overall Sentiment: -0.268929
Relevance: 0.242139
Alex
Overall Sentiment: -0.471933
Relevance: 0.214068
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Organization: CDC
Overall Sentiment: 0.126422
Relevance: 0.407884
Organization: Mississippi SIDS Alliance
Overall Sentiment: 0.111294
Relevance: 0.30114
FieldTerminology: mortality rate
Overall Sentiment: 0.200263
Relevance: 0.612968
HealthCondition: obesity
Overall Sentiment: 0.101122
Relevance: 0.344662
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Babies in Mississippi are less likely to reach their first birthday than babies in any other state. Why? There's not one clear explanation, but experts cite a multitude of factors, including poverty and obesity.
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