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Statistics: Babies get healthy start in Maine
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AUGUSTA, Maine -- When the first New Year's baby is born Friday,
the child delivered in Maine can expect an auspicious beginning, at
least for the first year of life. Recent statistics show that a
child born in Maine is more likely to survive its first year than a
child born in any other state.
In four of the last eight years, Maine has had the lowest rate of
deaths of children under age 1 in the nation. In 1996, the most
recent date for which there are firm statistics, Maine had only ...
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