Ohio's infant mortality rate rises after dropping in 2014

After hitting a 75-year low in 2014, the infant mortality rate in Ohio ticked up last year. Across the state in 2015, 1,005 babies died before their first birthday, a rate of 7.2 deaths per 1,000 births, according to data released today by the Ohio Department of Health. The department’s goal is a rate of 6.0.