CHEYENNE - A new study says that children from Wyoming's poorest and least educated households are less likely to reach their first birthdays.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America prepared the report and released it this week.

The study says that a third of Wyoming's children live in poverty or near poverty. Nearly all of these children live in households where no one has more than a high-school education.

The report says babies born to college graduates are more likely to live beyond infancy. These parents are more likely to make sure their children get healthy food and don't live sedentary lives.