Northwest Histoy--State History--Alaska

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: Alaska; Vital Statiscis; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th Century; Pacific; Sonia; eskimo*; Ketchikan
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/102205

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...