Some observations on the geographic distribution of premature births and perinatal deaths in Indiana
| Autor: | Joseph F. Thompson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1968 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
Indiana Statistics as Topic Population Environment Unit (housing) Infant Mortality Humans Medicine Birth Rate education education.field_of_study Median income Poverty business.industry Body Weight Infant Newborn Obstetrics and Gynecology Census Metropolitan area Crowding Geographic distribution Socioeconomic Factors Social Conditions business Infant Premature Demography |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 101:43-52 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9378 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0002-9378(68)90482-1 |
| Popis: | In this study, the patient is identified by the geographic area in which she lives, either census tract or county. Each one of these geographic areas has reproductive characteristics that are indicated by the prematurity rate and by the perinatal mortality rate. These areas also have economic and demographic characteristics. With coefficients of correlation, the association or independence of reproductive characteristics with the economic and demographic characteristics is studied. Within an urbanized, industrialized, metropolitan county, using the census tract as a geographic unit, poor reproductive outcome is associated with poverty, poor housing, and relative population crowding. Within the state of Indiana, using the county as the geographic unit, poor reproductive outcome is no longer associated with poor housing or poverty. Poor reproductive outcome continues to be associated with relative population crowding. Poverty, as measured by median income or percentage of families earning less than $3,000 per year, is not associated with poor reproductive outcome when there are differences in urban-rural character of geographic units. |
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