| Autor: |
Patrik L Johansson, Weston Williams, Ayman A. E. El-Mohandes |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 24:1276-1287 |
| ISSN: |
1548-6869 |
| DOI: |
10.1353/hpu.2013.0133 |
| Popis: |
Objectives. (1) To determine the infant mortality rate (IMR) in American Indians/ Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and Whites between 1995-1999 and 2000-2004. (2) To compare the leading causes of infant mortality in AI/AN and Whites. (3) To examine diff erences in neonatal vs. postneonatal causes of death in Whites and AI/AN. Methods. Using the 1995-99 and 2000-04 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics national linked birth/infant death data, we examined neonatal and post- neonatal IMR among AI/AN and Whites. Results. AI/AN experienced signifi cantly greater overall IMR in 1995-1999 and 2000-2004 than Whites. While the reduction in the IMR between these time periods was statistically signifi cant for Whites, the reduction among AI/AN was not. We found that AI/AN had an IMR 1.5 times as high as that of Whites. Conclusions. While the overall IMR has decreased in AI/AN, disparities in postneonatal IMR persist between AI/AN and Whites. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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