Post by Logan on Mar 22, 2016 23:10:51 GMT -6
COLUMBUS – Ohio lawmakers should increase the tobacco tax, raise the tobacco-buying age to 21 and ban the sale of crib bumpers, according to a state panel tasked with addressing infant mortality.
The recommendations are among dozens in a report by the Ohio Commission on Infant Mortality released Tuesday.
Ohio’s infant mortality rate has been among the worst in the nation. Infant mortality is measured as deaths of live-born babies before their first birthdays. The three leading causes in Ohio are pre-term births, sleep-related deaths and birth defects.
The state’s overall infant mortality rate was 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births, according the most recent data from 2014. And the rate for black babies was roughly three times that of whites.
Read more: www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/22/ohios-infant-mortality-panel-recommends-tobacco-tax-hike/82140650/
The recommendations are among dozens in a report by the Ohio Commission on Infant Mortality released Tuesday.
Ohio’s infant mortality rate has been among the worst in the nation. Infant mortality is measured as deaths of live-born babies before their first birthdays. The three leading causes in Ohio are pre-term births, sleep-related deaths and birth defects.
The state’s overall infant mortality rate was 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births, according the most recent data from 2014. And the rate for black babies was roughly three times that of whites.
Read more: www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/22/ohios-infant-mortality-panel-recommends-tobacco-tax-hike/82140650/