• By Debbie Mason
• Posted Monday, November 14, 2011

2011 Forsyth County Infant Mortality Rates

Newly released statistics for 2011 (2010 data) showed Forsyth County’s infant mortality rate to reach its lowest level in seven years, at 7.7 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. This rate was high compared to North Carolina’s rate of 7.0 deaths, and is the second highest infant mortality rate of all the urban counties in North Carolina. Read the press release. You may also read the 2011 Forsyth County Infant Mortality Fact Sheet.