Why are babies dying in Mississippi?

An exploratory visual analysis
by Debby Oh

Deaths under 1 year of age (2014)

And why are they born too small?

Low birth weight infants

And why are they born too early?

Preterm infant births

Are their moms too young?

Adolescent births (under 20 years)

Does any one take care of their moms?

No prenatal care

Do their moms take care of themselves?

Maternal tobacco use

Maternal diabetes

Or is the problem not just the moms?

Obesity in adults (over 18 years)

Poverty