ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2020
Prematurity and race account for much of the interstate variation in infant mortality rates in the United States.
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- Impact of race on heart rate characteristics monitoring in very low birth weight infants.Pediatric research · 2023Trial
- The Association between Maternal Education Level and Infant Mortality Rates by Gestational Age among Black, White, and Hispanic Infants.American journal of perinatology · 2026Article
- Neonatal encephalopathy in India: spatiotemporal variations in declining mortality.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- County-Level Structural Vulnerabilities in Maternal Health and Geographic Variation in Infant Mortality.The Journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- There's no place like home: optimizing the antepartum inpatient experience.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2024Article
- Persistent disparities in black infant mortality across gestational ages in the United States.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- Health Insurance and Differences in Infant Mortality Rates in the US.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Association of Active Postnatal Care With Infant Survival Among Periviable Infants in the US.JAMA network open · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the correlation between infant mortality and extreme prematurity by state. STUDY
designThis ecological study included data on 28,526,534 infants from 2007 to 2013 in all 50 US states and DC using CDC WONDER linked birth and infant death records. Regression analyses determined the correlation between infant and neonatal mortality rates and the proportion of extremely preterm, extremely low birth weight, and black births by state.
resultsState infant and neonatal mortality rates were directly and highly correlated with the proportion of extremely preterm births (infant, r
conclusionsInterstate variation in infant and neonatal mortality rates are primarily driven by rates of extremely preterm and extremely low birth weight births which is closely related to the proportion of black births.
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