
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, February 19, 1991                   TAG: 9102190280
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

REPORT: INFANT DEATH RATE HIGHEST IN CITIES

Eighty-five of 172 cities with populations of 100,000 or more registered infant mortality rates exceeding the national average, and many smaller cities have a worse record than the biggest ones, the Children's Defense Fund said Monday.

The children's advocacy group said its study calls into question President Bush's budget proposal to reallocate, to 10 major target cities to be named later, the federal resources for reducing infant mortality.

"Our findings make it clear that the nation's infant mortality problem cannot be solved through improvements in only 10 cities," said Sara Rosenbaum, director of the group's health division. - Associated Press

by CNB