Show UT UTAH BIRTH RATE HAlf Sf CO NO IN U. U Si Totals 24 8 Per Pet lO 1000 O Population opu lation f Infant Mortality Mor Mortality Mar Mar- tali ty Lo Low w Utah's birth rate du during 19 1939 1929 w was per 1000 boo population second only to New Mexico according g to o United States census figures just announced d. d and Md tho infant mortality was vas 58 per pcr 1000 population the same samo as In ii 1928 Utah's low Jow Infant mortality rate more than discounts tho the higher birth late rate of New v Mexico as Now Mexico's Infant mortality rate was wall also the highest A A greater percentage percent of ot Utah babies survived their first year jear eal In Infant mortality twenty four states had lower rates than han In 1921 while In twenty ono states s the rate was wan l Increased a Cd Tho high figures In tho the t ei ono lyon high states were attributed to tho greater number of deaths among tho the tho colored population population population tion In tho the rural districts with the exception of ot Colorado Maine Maino and W Wyoming |