Northwest Histoy--State History--Alaska

Birth Mortality Soars In Alaska BIRTH MORTALITY SOARS IN ALASP KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May 22 (AP)—Alaska's maternal death rate, 10 out of every 1000 live births the past six years is nearly twice the United States average, and its infant mortality rate of nearly 160 out of each 1000 births is three...

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Language:English
Published: 1937
Subjects:
Alaska
Vital Statiscis
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th Century
Pacific
Sonia
eskimo*
Ketchikan
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spelling ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/102205 2023-05-15T16:06:44+02:00 Northwest Histoy--State History--Alaska The Oregonian: 1937-05-22 Birth Mortality Soars In Alaska 1937-05-22 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/102205 English eng nwh-sh-14-23-7 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/102205 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History Alaska Box 14 Alaska Vital Statiscis Northwest Pacific--History--20th Century Text Clippings 1937 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:23:32Z Birth Mortality Soars In Alaska BIRTH MORTALITY SOARS IN ALASP KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May 22 (AP)—Alaska's maternal death rate, 10 out of every 1000 live births the past six years is nearly twice the United States average, and its infant mortality rate of nearly 160 out of each 1000 births is three times higher than the United States average, Dr. Sonia Chiefetz told interviewers. She heads the division of maternal and child health in the territorial health department. Doctor Chiefetz said the high mortality among the Indians and Eskimos accounts for the high infant mortality rate, as segregated figures on white babies are about the same as in the United States. Text eskimo* Ketchikan Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Pacific Sonia ENVELOPE(-63.485,-63.485,-65.087,-65.087)
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Vital Statiscis
Northwest
Pacific--History--20th Century
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Vital Statiscis
Northwest
Pacific--History--20th Century
Northwest Histoy--State History--Alaska
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Vital Statiscis
Northwest
Pacific--History--20th Century
description Birth Mortality Soars In Alaska BIRTH MORTALITY SOARS IN ALASP KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May 22 (AP)—Alaska's maternal death rate, 10 out of every 1000 live births the past six years is nearly twice the United States average, and its infant mortality rate of nearly 160 out of each 1000 births is three times higher than the United States average, Dr. Sonia Chiefetz told interviewers. She heads the division of maternal and child health in the territorial health department. Doctor Chiefetz said the high mortality among the Indians and Eskimos accounts for the high infant mortality rate, as segregated figures on white babies are about the same as in the United States.
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Sonia
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Sonia
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Ketchikan
Alaska
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Alaska
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