Why is infant mortality so much worse in Mahoning county?

21-WFMJ News Podcast

21-WFMJ News Podcast
Why is infant mortality so much worse in Mahoning county?
Feb 10, 2022 Season 3
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Malaynia Spiva speaks with Erin Bishop from the Youngstown City Health District and Michelle Edison with the Mahoning County District Board of Health about the longstanding problem of infant mortality in the county.  After years and years of struggling to improve the problem, Mahoning county's infant mortality rate remains signficantly higher than many other places. What progress has been made and how much more work needs to be done to improve the chance at life for so many Valley children?