Indiana Improves: More Hoosier Babies Making Their First Birthday

Indiana’s overall child well-being improves, with high rankings in economic and education • Indiana Capital Chronicle

Research suggests that children and youth engaged in formal mentoring programs, especially those involved for a year or more, reported significantly fewer behavioral problems and fewer symptoms of depression and social anxiety when compared to non-mentored youths. (Getty Images)A state-by-state report shows Indiana child well-being has improved with its highest rankings in over a decade for both economic and education categories. But it remains …

Indiana Improves: More Hoosier Babies Making Their First Birthday

LindaYolanda STATE WIDE–More Hoosier babies are living to see their first birthday. That’s according to a new report on infant mortality from the Indiana Dept. of Health. The new preliminary data shows the state, and its mothers and babies, are doing better in that regard than anytime since 1900. The figures show that the rate is 6.3 for every 1,000 live births, which is down from 6.6 for every 1,000 live births. The figures seem cold. But, Eden…