Infant Death Rates Continue To Increase Following Insufficient Medical And Financial Support In Indiana

Infant death rates continue to increase following insufficient medical and financial support in Indiana.

Infant Death Rates Continue to Rise Due to Insufficient Medical and Financial Support for Low-Income Families in Indiana

The increasing infant death rates in Indiana are reportedly due to insufficient medical and financial support provided for low-income families, which are some of the major concerns for struggling families who are having a baby or building a family, especially with the inflation and high cost of living, leading to the high infant death rates.

According to a report published in WFYI, the infant death rates in the state continued to increase and became more visible after the abortion ban and the lack of accessible and affordable support for low-income families affected by the increasing infant death rates, who couldn’t even afford diapers.

With high infant death rates across the state, residents among Black and non-Hispanic communities have seen evident increasing infant death rates and claimed that they continuously experienced medical and childcare insufficiency for their babies and children due to financial challenges following low salaries.

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Demands for Efforts to Address Infant Death Rates in Indiana Increases Following Increasing Cases

Following the increasing infant death rates in Indiana, several individuals and groups demanded efforts to address the issue and reduce the rising cases together with the initiative to know more about the reasons behind it.

While Indiana offers various health programs for infants, low-income families who are directly affected by high infant death rates continued to seek for local programs and measures to reach and help them, WISH TV reported.

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