Race/Ethnicity/Nativity Differentials and Changes in Cause-Specific Infant Deaths in the Context of Declining Infant Mortality in the U.S.: 1989-2001

• Published in: Population research and policy review Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 395 - 422
• Main Authors: Frisbie, W. Parker, Hummer, Robert A., Powers, Daniel A., Song, Seung-Eun, Pullum, Starling G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.06.2010; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Series: Population Research and Policy Review
• Subjects: Babies; Birth defects; Birth weight; Cause-specific infant mortality; Causes of death; Congenital anomalies; Congenital defects; Congenital diseases; Datasets; Death; Demography; Ethnicity; FDA approval; Females; Health; Health policy; Hispanic Americans; Immigrants; Infant Mortality; Infants; Innovations; Minority & ethnic groups; Mortality; Mothers; Nativity; Perinatal care; Population Economics; Predisposing factors; Race; Respiratory distress syndrome; Risk; SIDS; Sleep; Social Sciences; Sociology; Statistical analysis; Sudden infant death syndrome; Surfactants; Survival; U.S.A; Womens health; United States > US; USA; Nativity; Ethnicity; Cause-specific infant mortality; Race

Using data from the national linked birth/infant death cohort files, we examined race/ethnicity/nativity disparities and changes in infant mortality due to the five leading causes of infant death between 1989 and 2001. Our results indicate substantial decreases in infant mortality from three causes...