The Virginia Department of Health put the annual infant mortality rate at 7.2 for 2005 to 2009. During the same time, however, Charlottesville’s rate was 43 percent higher than the state average. In 2009 alone, the city’s infant mortality rate was 8.8 deaths per 1,000 live births—more than 25 percent above the state average. This week’s cover story focuses on the implications of those statistics in our community. Read it here, and don’t forget to leave comments.
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In brief 12/11/2024
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Parallax Project and Oenoverse co-founder and UVA School of Data Science associate director of career connections and community engagement Reggie Leonard shares thoughts on how to spend a day in Charlottesville: When I think about my perfect Charlottesville Day, I’ll give myself the constraint of a weekday/workday. I love unexpectedly warm days, when I’m working […]
