NC’s infant mortality rate and drug overdose deaths declined in 2024 North Carolina’s infant mortality rate dropped in 2024 to what state health officials say is a historic low. The infant death rate dropped from 6.9 deaths per 1,000 births in 2023 to 6.3 deaths per 1,000 births in 2024, an 8.7% decline. However, the overall improvement did not do much to narrow the gulf between […]