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Surviving Year One

Season 1 Episode 7 | 26m 46s

Rebroadcast with updated data: August 23, 2016. In Rochester, New York, black and Latino babies die at three times the rate of white babies. Why is this happening, and what is Rochester doing to reverse these dramatic disparities? Find out in this episode of AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS.

Aired: 11/14/14
Funding for AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS is provided by The California Endowment, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Druckenmiller Foundation, Ford Foundation, PBS, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
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See how new voters across the nation are exerting their power in surprising ways in 2016.
See how new voters across the nation are exerting their power in surprising ways in 2016.
See how new voters across the nation are exerting their power in surprising ways in 2016.
Black millennials from across the political spectrum gather to discuss civil rights.
See how a successful ad agency is addressing multicultural millennials.
By the numbers, the new target consumers for advertising
By the numbers, some babies have the lowest chance of making it to their first birthdays
By the numbers, the untold story of Southeast Asian dropouts
By the numbers, the untold story of Southeast Asian dropouts
By the numbers, new Americans take political agency
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