Virginia’s infant mortality rate has dropped to historic lows, but it’s still worse than the national average.
Gov. Tim Kaine said Tuesday that the state’s 2008 rate dropped to 6.7 deaths per 1,000 live births, down from 7.7 the year before. That brings the state much closer to the national average, which the CIA World Factbook projects will be 6.26 in 2009.
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