INDIANAPOLIS (AP)- Indiana health officials hope a summit meeting this week will help find answers to the state's high infant mortality rate.

State Health Commissioner Jerome Adams called it “startling and heartbreaking'' that one baby dies every 13 hours in Indiana. Adams announced the state would host the summit of state, national and local leaders Thursday at the Indiana Convention Center.

The summit is the second annual meeting called by state leaders to examine the problem.

In 2011, the Indiana infant mortality rate was 7.7 deaths per 1,000 live births, the sixth highest in the nation. The rate measures deaths among babies in their first year of life. The measurement is a key indicator of a state's well-being.